No, it’s just a sense of the word I’m familiar with. But I find that googling “mere autodidact” gives a wealth of examples.
Only googling with quotes gets it used in this way.
Without quotes:
Is the average person capable of being an autodidact?
This very post
Raising an autodidact (on purpose)
The Everlasting Autodidact
With quotes:
Natalie Shau—The Most Overrated Artist in Contemporary Digital Art, edit: its used sarcastically in this one. I think the artist being criticized is the writer herself—at least that’s what the url indicates. Maybe it was just made for this one post though.
Greenway II, LLC v. Wildenstein & Co.
What is philosophy and why should I study it?, its used ironically in this one too.
On the Cultural History of Butterflies
So I think its mostly used in the positive sense.
No, it’s just a sense of the word I’m familiar with. But I find that googling “mere autodidact” gives a wealth of examples.
Only googling with quotes gets it used in this way.
Without quotes:
Is the average person capable of being an autodidact?
This very post
Raising an autodidact (on purpose)
The Everlasting Autodidact
With quotes:
Natalie Shau—The Most Overrated Artist in Contemporary Digital Art, edit: its used sarcastically in this one. I think the artist being criticized is the writer herself—at least that’s what the url indicates. Maybe it was just made for this one post though.
Greenway II, LLC v. Wildenstein & Co.
What is philosophy and why should I study it?, its used ironically in this one too.
On the Cultural History of Butterflies
So I think its mostly used in the positive sense.