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autodidactic
[ aw-toh-dahy-dak-tik ]
adjective
- relating to or being a person who learns or has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; self-taught:
I am self-motivated, self-sufficient, and autodidactic—all products of a childhood on an Alaskan homestead.
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Other Words From
- au·to·di·dac·ti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of autodidactic1
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Example Sentences
Being at heart an autodidact, whenever I grow interested in a subject, a period of history or a writer, I try to accumulate all the important books associated with that subject, period of history or writer.
From Washington Post
He was an autodidact who could play almost any instrument, but he couldn’t read music.
From Fortune
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