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autodidact

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au·to·di·dact  (ôt-ddkt)
n.
A self-taught person.
[From Greek autodidaktos, self-taught : auto-, auto- + didaktos, taught; see didactic.]
auto·di·dactic adj.
autodidact [ˈɔːtəʊˌdaɪdækt]
n
(Social Science / Education) a person who is self-taught
[from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach]
autodidactic  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.autodidact - a person who has taught himself
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Translations
autodidact [ˈɔːtəʊˌdaɪdækt] N (frm) → autodidacta mf
autodidact
n (form) → Autodidakt(in) m(f)


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