A word to refer to people who are self-taught and/or start working without even going to university? [closed]

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These are some of the words I thought of:

Any suggestions?

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Do you have more context? Otherwise you should use a thesaurus because this is too broad

Incognito · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-22 05:31:56Z

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Autodidact is the dictionary word.

Autodidact: a self-taught person

answered Dec 22 '11 at 5:31

Incognito
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The OP mentioned that already though – simchona♦ Dec 22 '11 at 5:56

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Yes, and out of the options OP "thought of", I clarified that "Autodidact" is the "dictionary" word. – Incognito Dec 22 '11 at 6:02

closed as not a real question by simchona♦, Jasper Loy, waiwai933♦ Dec 22 '11 at 7:29