autodidacticism

English

Alternative forms

• autodidactism

Etymology

From auto- +‎ didactic +‎ -ism, equivalent to auto- +‎ didacticism or autodidactic +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːtəʊdɪdæktɪsɪzəm/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtəʊdaɪˈdæktɪsɪzəm/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtoʊdaɪˈdæktəsɪzəm/

Noun

autodidacticism (uncountable)

1. self-education; self-directed learning.

   Synonym: autodidaction

   Hypernyms: learning, education

2. A belief or predisposition in favor of self-directed learning.

   Hypernyms: ism, belief

   Coordinate terms: self-help, self-improvement

Related terms

• autodidact

Translations

self-education; self-directed learning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自學 / 自学 (zh) (zìxué)

• Czech: samouctví n
• French: autodidaxie (fr) f
• Hungarian: önképzés (hu)
• Japanese: 独学 (ja) (どくがく, dokugaku)
• Korean: 독학(獨學) (ko) (dokhak)
• Macedonian: автодидактика f (avtodidaktika)
• Polish: autodydaktyzm m, autodydaktyka (pl) f
• Romanian: autodidactism
• Russian: автодида́ктика (ru) f (avtodidáktika), самообуче́ние (ru) n (samoobučénije)
• Spanish: autodidactismo (es) m
• Turkish: özeğitimcilik (tr), otodidaktisizm
• Ukrainian: автодида́ктика f (avtodydáktyka), самонавча́ння n (samonavčánnja)

Romanian

Etymology

From autodidactic +‎ -ism.

Noun

autodidacticism n (plural autodidacticisme)

1. autodidacticism

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	autodidacticism	autodidacticismul	autodidacticisme	autodidacticismele
genitive-dative	autodidacticism	autodidacticismului	autodidacticisme	autodidacticismelor
vocative	autodidacticismule		autodidacticismelor