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Audio Help [aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person. |
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autodidact
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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 | |
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| a person who has taught himself |
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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. |
autodidact
autodidact was Word of the Day on September 14, 1999.
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