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Definition of "didact" []

  • A didactic person. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "didact" in a sentence
  • "Van's window cleaner is an auto-didact who reads Kerouac and disappears home to listen to Jimmie Rodgers."
  • "But where did I get the idea that he was at least as much a book-lover as Truman the auto-didact and Kennedy the would-be history professor?"
  • "And, no, Im not an "auto-didact" but was taught by other people."