autodidact

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But like her, I was an autodidact, always looking for something new.

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  • I'm a typical autodidact, which means I've read widely, have enthusiasms outside the norm (Meredith, for instance) and feel frustrated with received opinion and conventional academic criticism. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#211
  • From a rather academic interpretation of the creative history of the autodidact, Angremy posits the importance of the symbolic reference and transitional, whether in the legacy of Chinese art —  Kunst-Blog.com
  • But like her, I was an autodidact, always looking for something new. —  SpikeMagazine.com
  • This whole conversation is really just the pinnacle of style over substance. autodidact: Hey at least McCain doesn't have a big, single-file Flash site. —  MetaFilter Projects
  • Theologically, I'm an autodidact made possible by the patient and wise direction of pastors in a local church. —  WordPress.com News
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  1. From Greek autodidaktos, self-taught : auto-, auto- + didaktos, taught; see didactic.

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  1. from Greek αὐτοδίδακτος, self-taught, from αὐτός, self, + διδακτός, verbal adjective of διδάσκειν, teach: see didactic.
 

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/ˈɔtədɪdækt/
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