autodidact
nounUS /ˌɔːtoʊˈdaɪdækt/
Etymology From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”). By surface analysis, auto- + didact.
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A self-taught person.
- Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest autodidacts.
- For an autodidact, for somebody who plays by ear like me, the ukulele is ideal.2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 139:
- Derived terms
- autodidactic, autodidacticism, autodidactism
- Related terms
- autonomous learning, self-taught, self-educated