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autodidact

 
Dictionary: au·to·di·dact   (ô'tō-dī'dăkt') pronunciation
n.
A self-taught person.

[From Greek autodidaktos, self-taught : auto-, auto- + didaktos, taught; see didactic.]

autodidactic au'to·di·dac'tic adj.

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a self-taught person
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Meaning #1: a person who is self-taught


 
 
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