autodidact
pronunciation
How to pronounce autodidact in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:təʊdɪdækt]
How to pronounce autodidact in American English:
US [ˈɔtoʊdɪdækt]
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- Noun:
- a person who is self-taught
Word Origin
- autodidact (n.)
- 1746, from Greek autodidaktos "self-taught" (see autodidactic).
Example
- 1. So the first question is this : are you an autodidact ?
- 2. He was a compulsive autodidact , wanting to know the names and nature of everything .
- 3. The following author acts according to oneself near two year practices , chats with english autodidact is enhancing the hearing aspect the intravenous drip experience .
- 4. A principle now known as benford 's law ( though discovered by an autodidact called simon newcomb ) shows that naturally occurring sets of numbers , such as returns from polling stations , have distinctive patterns that made-up numbers almost never match .