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autodidactic

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au·to·di·dact  t-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 autodidact


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With the exception of a short period in the early 1860s, he was stalwartly orthodox--not an easy task for a prolific, autodidactic essayist.
 
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