Automath

//ˈɑtəmæθ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who is self-taught.

Synonyms

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autodidactautodidact

Etymology

From αὐτός (autós, “self”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”). Compare opsimath, philomath, polymath. By surface analysis, auto- + math. First appears c. 1759, in the publications of Edward Young.

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