Autodidact

Noun CEFR B2

ˌɔːtoʊˈdaɪdækt

Definitions

A self-taught person.

Equivalents

Españolautodidacta autodidacto

Françaisautodidacte

DeutschAutodidakt Autodidaktin

20 more languages

العربيةذاتيّ التّعليم

Българскисамоук

Bosanskiautodidakt samouk аутодидактсамоук

Češtinasamouk

Danskautodidakt

Suomiautodidakti itseoppinut

Hrvatskiautodidakt samouk аутодидактсамоук

Magyarautodidakta

Bahasa Indonesiaautodidak swadidik swasiswa

Italianoautodidatta autodidatto

Македонскисамоук

Nederlandsautodidact zelfgeleerde

Polskiautodydakta samouk

Portuguêsautodidata

Românăautodidact

Русскийавтодидакт самоучка

Српскиautodidakt samouk аутодидактсамоук

Svenskaautodidakt

Türkçeotodidakt

Українськаавтодида́кт самоук

Examples

“Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest autodidacts.”

“For an autodidact, for somebody who plays by ear like ⟳ me, the ukulele is ideal.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Autodidactic autodidacticism autodidaction autodifferentiation autodiffusion autodigestion

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