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au⋅to⋅di⋅dact

  [aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt]
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–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

Related forms:
au⋅to⋅di⋅dac⋅tic, adjective
au⋅to⋅di⋅dac⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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au·to·di·dact   (ô'tō-dī'dākt')   
n.  A self-taught person.

[From Greek autodidaktos, self-taught : auto-, auto- + didaktos, taught; see didactic.]
au'to·di·dac'tic adj.
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Autodidact

Au"to*di*dact`\, n. [Gr. ? self-taught.] One who is self-taught; an automath.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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