Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autodidaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-di-dac-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

self-education; self-directed learning.

Uncountable

Etymology

By surface analysis, auto- + didaction, or, by surface analysis, autodidact + -ion.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

autodidactism autodidacticism

Questions

What does autodidaction mean?: self-education; self-directed learning.
Where does autodidaction come from?: By surface analysis, auto- + didaction, or, by surface analysis, autodidact + -ion.

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