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au·to·di·dact
/ˌɔtoʊˈdaɪdækt, -daɪˈdækt/ Show Spelled [aw-toh-dahy-dakt, -dahy-dakt] Show IPA
noun
a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
Origin: 1525–35; < Greek autodídaktos self-taught; see auto-, didactic
Related forms
au·to·di·dac·tic, adjective
au·to·di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013. Cite This Source
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Let’s use it in a sentence: Although Flynn is a practicing Catholic, she (for whatever reason and just a thought, just like her favorite author) could be an “autodidact”, who embraces many thoughts/philosophies ranging from atheism, agnostics and Buddhism, Taoism to Universalism, Singularities and transcendentalism, metaphysics.
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