autodidact

[ aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt ]

noun
  1. a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.

Origin of autodidact

1
First recorded in 1525–35; from Greek autodídaktos “self-taught”; see origin at auto-1, didactic

Other words from autodidact

  • au·to·di·dac·tic [aw-toh-dahy-dak-tik], /ˌɔ toʊ daɪˈdæk tɪk/, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for autodidact

autodidact

/ (ˈɔːtəʊˌdaɪdækt) /


noun
  1. a person who is self-taught

Origin of autodidact

1
C16: from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach

Derived forms of autodidact

  • autodidactic, adjective

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