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auto-didact

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au⋅to⋅di⋅dact

[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.

Origin:
1525–35; < Gk autodídaktos self-taught; see auto-, didactic


au⋅to⋅di⋅dac⋅tic, adjective
au⋅to⋅di⋅dac⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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