a person who has taught himself
person noun (people)
autodidacts
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from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach
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self-directed learning that is related to but different from informal learning. In a sense, autodidacticism is "learning on your own" or "by yourself", and an autodidact is a self-teacher. Autodidacticism is a contemplative, absorptive procession. Some... (36 of 1847 words, 2 images)
a person who is self-taught (5 of 331 words, 4 usage examples, pronunciation)
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a self-taught person (3 of 31 words, pronunciations)
a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person. (19 of 25 words, pronunciation)
a self-taught person (3 of 23 words, pronunciations)
a person who is self-educated (5 of 23 words, pronunciations)
A self-taught person. (3 of 22 words, pronunciation)
A self-taught person; an automath. (5 of 6 words, 1 usage example)
in religion and philosophy, the immaterial aspect or essence of a human being, that which confers individuality and humanity, often considered to be ... (23 of 854 words)
used for referring to a person when you do not know or do not say who the person is (19 of 98 words, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)
used to refer to a single person when you do not know who they are or when it's not important who they are (23 of 70 words, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)
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somebody or someone (3 of 7 words)
the vital, immaterial, life principle, generally conceived as existing within humans and sometimes within all living things, inanimate objects, and ... (20 of 51 words)
somebody whose knowledge is self-taught (5 of 35 words, pronunciations)
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First use: 16th century
Origin: from Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from autos self + didaskein to teach
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First use: 1748
Origin: Greek autodidaktos self-taught, from aut- + didaktos taught, from didaskein to teach
Origin: Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodidaktos), from αὐτός (autos, "self") + διδάσκω (didaskō, "I teach").
Origin: Medieval Latin autodidactus from Greek autodidaktos, self-taught: see "auto-" and "didactic"
First use: mid 18th century
Origin: Greek autodidaktos "self-taught", from autos "self" + didaskein "teach"
Origin: From Greek autodidaktos, self-taught: auto-, auto- + didaktos, taught; see "didactic".
First use: Mid-18th century
Origin: Greek autodidaktos from didaskein "teach"
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