autodidact
noun
au·to·di·dact
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Definition of autodidact
: a self-taught person
was an autodidact who read voraciously
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Other Words from autodidact
autodidactic
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adjective
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Examples of autodidact in a Sentence
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Friends and colleagues described Dr. Tanton as a Renaissance man and a voracious autodidact. — Nicholas Kulish, New York Times, "Dr. John Tanton, Quiet Catalyst in Anti-Immigration Drive, Dies at 85," 18 July 2019 He is driven, inexhaustible, and an honest-to-goodness autodidact. — Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, "I Tried to Live Like Joe Rogan," 19 Aug. 2019 In fact, despite four degrees, Davenport usually considered himself an autodidact. — Michael Dirda, National Review, "The Exhilarating Letters of Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner," 25 July 2019 Émigré scholars and nativist autodidacts met secretly in rural museums and published samizdat treatises filled with runic letters and outlandish ethnological hypotheses. — Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, "The Call of the Drums," 21 July 2019 Friends and colleagues described Dr. Tanton as a Renaissance man and a voracious autodidact. — Nicholas Kulish, BostonGlobe.com, "Dr. John Tanton, quiet catalyst in anti-immigration drive, dies at 85," 19 July 2019 Caldas, an autodidact, who early in his career built architectural models for Oscar Niemeyer, found success designing affordable furniture for the emerging Brazilian middle class. — Max Maeckler, Vogue, "The Most Mesmerizing Design Moments of Salone del Mobile," 18 Apr. 2019 Today the Norwegian autodidact who reconfigured Western theater in the mid- and late 19th century appears at once larger than life and blurredly remote. — Brad Leithauser, WSJ, "‘Henrik Ibsen: The Man and the Mask’ Review: Riddles of the Sphinx," 17 May 2019 An autodidact like so many of the men who built the British Empire, Cautley arrived in India in 1819 as a humble artilleryman. — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, "‘Unruly Waters’ and ‘Ganges’ Review: In India, Water Is Politics," 4 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'autodidact.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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