#autodidactic

• Autodidactic — Belonging to autodidacts or self-education, relating to learning on one's own; a method, activity, or educational system based on individual, independent, and self-directed study.
• Autodidacticism — A philosophical current, doctrine, or educational practice grounded on the principle of self-education and self-instruction; a conscious tendency to acquire knowledge outside institutionalized school systems, considering individual cognitive effort as the ultimate source of intellectual emancipation.
• Autodidacticist — A person who adheres to the principles of autodidacticism, who advocates for or practices self-education as a primary method of instruction; a theorist of independent learning.