autodidacticismn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)dʌɪˈdaktᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɔdədəˈdæktəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɔdəˌdaɪˈdæktəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɔdoʊdəˈdæktəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɔdoʊˌdaɪˈdæktəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɑdədəˈdæktəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɑdəˌdaɪˈdæktəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɑdoʊdəˈdæktəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɑdoʊˌdaɪˈdæktəˌsɪz(ə)m/ Self-education; the fact or condition of being an autodidact.
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society > education > teaching > [noun] > self-instruction
self-instruction1683
autodidacticism1890
1890 G. T. Mejdell Independence 3 This opuscule is an experiment to corroboration of a theory. Its gospel is autodidacticism.
1945 Bks. Abroad 19 339 This generation, in contrast with the autodidacticism of the Men of 1898, enjoyed University training.
1983 D. M. Scott in G. L. Geison Professions & Professional Ideol. in Amer. ii. 15 Following various regimens of autodidacticism, they pursued knowledge and education with almost desperate intensity.
2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians viii. 95 In the nineteenth century there was a tremendous growth of autodidacticism in all classes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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