Definition of Autodidactic

1. Adjective. Relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact.

Partainyms: Autodidact
Derivative terms: Autodidact

Definition of Autodidactic

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or being an autodidact; self-taught ¹

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Definition of Autodidactic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autodidactic

autodestructs
autodetect
autodetected
autodetecting
autodetection
autodetects
autodetonation
autodetonations
autodiagnosis
autodial
autodialer
autodialers
autodialler
autodiallers
autodidact
autodidactic (current term)
autodidacticism
autodidactism
autodidacts
autodiegetic
autodigestion
autodigestive
autodiploid
autodiscovery
autodocking
autodrainage
autodrome
autodromes
autodynamic
autodyne

Literary usage of Autodidactic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
"well as above the one-sidedness of autodidactic studies—both of which are excellent as far as they go and not to be despised by any means in themselves, ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"His education is apparently autodidactic and unsystematic, but he is well read and knows not only such works as Omar Khayyam but also Schopenhauer and ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1891)
"Beyond a doubt there is an autodidactic element not only in genius, but in all true intellectual power; beyond a doubt too the best part of that strength of ..."

4. Dramatic Traditions of the Dark Ages by Joseph Salathiel Tunison (1907)
"Immense training is requisite, and, as most of this is autodidactic, the work of the poet himself as he grows up to the fulfilment of his aims, ..."

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