autodidact

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

/ˌɔːtoʊˈdaɪdækt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-autodidact.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-autodidact.wav

autodidact autodidacts

From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”). By surface analysis, auto- + didact.

automath

autonomous learning self-taught self-educated

autodidactic autodidacticism autodidactism

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