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autodidactism

autodidactism is the alternative form of autodidacticism.

Meaning of autodidacticism

Noun

autodidacticism (uncountable)

  1. self-education; self-directed learning.
    Synonyms:
    autodidaction
  2. A belief or predisposition in favor of self-directed learning.

Questions about autodidactism

What is autodidactism the alternative form of?
Autodidactism is the alternative form of autodidacticism.

Words near autodidactism in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: autodidactism (page history and authors); autodidacticism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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