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autodidactic

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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.
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Adj.1.autodidactic - relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidactautodidactic - relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact
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