autodidact
noun
au·to·di·dact
ˌȯ-tō-ˈdī-ˌdakt 
-dī-ˈdakt
-dī-ˈdakt
-də-ˈdakt
: a self-taught person
was an autodidact who read voraciously
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Unlike Lang, Do is not an autodidact who rose from obscurity.
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Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Sep. 2023
Top Stories Joel Edgerton plays Narvel Roth, the film’s narrator, an autodidact who writes doggerel in his private journal, while Schrader shows scenes of him posing as head groundskeeper of Gatewood Gardens.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2023
Partly to compensate for his lack of a formal education, Somers is an obsessive autodidact.
—Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
But laws are slow to leave the books, and the Music & Amusement Association needed someone like Sharpe — an autodidact with no financial ties to the industry — to hasten the process.
—Adam Ruben, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
My mother was an incredible autodidact, sharp and creative in her own right.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
The challenge for such an autodidact, then, is how to transcend the limits of personal experience when personal experience is the most reliable source of insight.
—Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
Mering is a movie lover, a big reader, and something of an autodidact.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
In 1825, British autodidact Benjamin Gompertz found the risk of death increases exponentially with age.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2018
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Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Sep. 2023
Top Stories Joel Edgerton plays Narvel Roth, the film’s narrator, an autodidact who writes doggerel in his private journal, while Schrader shows scenes of him posing as head groundskeeper of Gatewood Gardens.
—Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2023
Partly to compensate for his lack of a formal education, Somers is an obsessive autodidact.
—Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
But laws are slow to leave the books, and the Music & Amusement Association needed someone like Sharpe — an autodidact with no financial ties to the industry — to hasten the process.
—Adam Ruben, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
My mother was an incredible autodidact, sharp and creative in her own right.
—Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
The challenge for such an autodidact, then, is how to transcend the limits of personal experience when personal experience is the most reliable source of insight.
—Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
Mering is a movie lover, a big reader, and something of an autodidact.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
In 1825, British autodidact Benjamin Gompertz found the risk of death increases exponentially with age.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2018
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“Autodidact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autodidact. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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