Definition of Autodidacts

1. Noun. (plural of autodidact) ¹

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Definition of Autodidacts

1. autodidact [n] - See also: autodidact

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autodidacts

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

Literary usage of Autodidacts

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

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1901)
"M. Lacombe has gone to the very root of the problem in saying^^ j-ng that the object of adolescent education should be the making of autodidacts of^«^> Of ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1877)
"... who attain eminence in literature or science in after years tell us that they have educated themselves, that we might be called a nation of autodidacts. ..."

3. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"... that our insistence that the pupil should understand what he reads only retards the result. There are many autodidacts who have learned to read well in ..."

4. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Franklin and Marshall College (1871)
"... people fresh sprung from the earth, so neither are there among them, speaking strictly, any autodidacts, persons purely self-taught. ..."

5. Works by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"... that our insistence that the pupil should understand what he reads only retards the result. There are many autodidacts who have learned to read well in ..."

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