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autodidacticism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /ˈɔːtəʊdɪdæktɪsɪzəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɔːtoʊdaɪˈdæktəsɪzəm/ (US)
• /ˌɔːtəʊdaɪˈdæktɪsɪzəm/ (UK)

Etymology

From auto- + didactic + -ism, equivalent to auto- + didacticism or autodidactic + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) self-education; self-directed learning.
2. (uncountable) A belief or predisposition in favor of self-directed learning.

Forms

Coordinates

self-improvement · self-help

Hypernyms

ism · learning · belief · education

Relateds

autodidact

Synonyms

autodidaction

Translations (17)

mk автодидактика (self-education; self-directed learning) · fr autodidaxie (self-education; self-directed learning) · ru самообуче́ние (self-education; self-directed learning) · ja 独学 (self-education; self-directed learning) · tr otodidaktisizm (self-education; self-directed learning) · es autodidactismo (self-education; self-directed learning) · hu önképzés (self-education; self-directed learning) · ro autodidactism (self-education; self-directed learning) · uk самонавча́ння (self-education; self-directed learning) · tr özeğitimcilik (self-education; self-directed learning) · pl autodydaktyka (self-education; self-directed learning) · uk автодида́ктика (self-education; self-directed learning) · ru автодида́ктика (self-education; self-directed learning) · ko 독학 (self-education; self-directed learning) · cs samouctví (self-education; self-directed learning) · cmn 自學 /自学 (self-education; self-directed learning) · pl autodydaktyzm (self-education; self-directed learning)