autodidacticism [aw-toh-dahy-dak-tuh-siz-uh m] WORD ORIGIN noun the process or practice of learning a subject without a teacher or formal education; self-education: Abraham Lincoln is viewed as a model of autodidacticism. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of autodidacticism autodidactic + -ism Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019