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AUTODIDACT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autodidact mean?
• AUTODIDACT (noun)
The noun AUTODIDACT has 1 sense:
1. a person who has taught himself
Familiarity information: AUTODIDACT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who has taught himself
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("autodidact" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
autodidactic (relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact)
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