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autodidact
[ aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt ]
noun
- a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
autodidact
/ ˈɔːtəʊˌdaɪdækt /
noun
- a person who is self-taught
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Derived Forms
- ˌautodiˈdactic, adjective
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Other Words From
- au·to·di·dac·tic [aw-toh-dahy-, dak, -tik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of autodidact1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of autodidact1
C16: from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach
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Example Sentences
She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.
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Oswald was a left-wing autodidact who had defected to the Soviet Union.
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Since Carruth is a one-man band and autodidact, he learned how to create the special effects for the creature himself.
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As a puff autodidact, it's taken me longer to figure them out than someone who's been formally trained.
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