Dictionary

autodidact en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɔːtoʊˈdaɪdækt/ (General-American)
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• /ˈɔːtəʊdɪdækt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”). By surface analysis, auto- + didact.

Meanings

1. A self-taught person.
   • For an autodidact, for somebody who plays by ear like me, the ukulele is ideal. 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 139:
   • Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest autodidacts.

Forms

Deriveds

autodidactic · autodidactism · autodidacticism

Relateds

self-taught · autonomous learning · self-educated

Synonyms

automath

Translations (37)

pt autodidata (a self-taught person) · bg самоук (a self-taught person) · fr autodidacte (a self-taught person) · pl autodydakta (a self-taught person) · uk автодида́кт (a self-taught person) · uk самоу́к (a self-taught person) · fi itseoppinut (a self-taught person) · it autodidatto (a self-taught person) · es autodidacto (a self-taught person) · nl autodidact (a self-taught person) · id swadidik (a self-taught person) · tr otodidakt (a self-taught person) · no autodidakt (a self-taught person) · cs samouk (a self-taught person) · ru автодида́кт (a self-taught person) · cmn 自修者 (a self-taught person) · nl zelfgeleerde (a self-taught person) · cmn 自學者 /自学者 (a self-taught person) · sh autodìdakt (a self-taught person) · ru самоу́чка (a self-taught person) · ca autodidacte (a self-taught person) · de Autodidakt (a self-taught person) · pl samouk (a self-taught person) · io autodidakto (a self-taught person) · sv autodidakt (a self-taught person) · hu autodidakta (a self-taught person) · de Autodidaktin (a self-taught person) · da autodidakt (a self-taught person) · id autodidak (a self-taught person) · es autodidacta (a self-taught person) · mk самоук (a self-taught person) · sh samòuk (a self-taught person) · no selvlært (a self-taught person) · ro autodidact (a self-taught person) · sq autodidakt (a self-taught person) · it autodidatta (a self-taught person) · gl autodidacta (a self-taught person)