autodidactic

[aw-toh-dahy-dak-tik]

adjective

1. relating to or being a person who learns or has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; self-taught.

   I am self-motivated, self-sufficient, and autodidactic—all products of a childhood on an Alaskan homestead.

Other Word Forms

• autodidactically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of autodidactic¹

autodidact ( def. ) + -ic