autodidact

From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”). By surface analysis, auto- +‎ didact.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtoʊˈdaɪdækt/

autodidact (plural autodidacts)

1. A self-taught person.

   Synonym: automath

   Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest autodidacts.

   • 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 139:

     For an autodidact, for somebody who plays by ear like me, the ukulele is ideal.

• autodidactic
• autodidacticism
• autodidactism

• autonomous learning

• self-taught
• self-educated

From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑu̯.toː.diˈdɑkt/, /ˌoː.toː.diˈdɑkt/

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• Hyphenation: auto‧di‧dact
• Rhymes: -ɑkt

autodidact m (plural autodidacten)

1. autodidact, self-taught person

• autodidactisch

Borrowed from French autodidacte.

autodidact m (plural autodidacți, feminine equivalent autodidactă)

1. autodidact, self-taught person