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autodidaction

autodidaction noun: self-education; self-directed learning.

Noun

autodidaction (uncountable)

  1. self-education; self-directed learning.

Synonyms of autodidaction

Origin of autodidaction

By surface analysis, auto- + didaction, or, by surface analysis, autodidact + -ion.

Questions about autodidaction

What does autodidaction mean?
Autodidaction means self-education; self-directed learning.
What part of speech is autodidaction?
Autodidaction is a noun.

Words near autodidaction in the dictionary

  1. autodials
  2. autodidact
  3. autodidactic
  4. autodidactically
  5. autodidacticism
  6. autodidaction
  7. autodidactism
  8. autodidacts
  9. autodiegetic
  10. autodifferentiation
  11. autodiffusion

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