noun
Meaning 1
One who is self-taught.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autodidact
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
automath
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General-American: /ˈɑtəmæθ/
History
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.