autobiography

[ aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh- ]
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noun,plural au·to·bi·og·ra·phies.
  1. a history of a person's life written or told by that person.

Origin of autobiography

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; auto-1 + biography

Other words from autobiography

  • au·to·bi·og·ra·pher, noun

Words Nearby autobiography

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British Dictionary definitions for autobiography

autobiography

/ (ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ, ˌɔːtəbaɪ-) /


nounplural -phies
  1. an account of a person's life written or otherwise recorded by that person

Derived forms of autobiography

  • autobiographer, noun

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Cultural definitions for autobiography

autobiography

A literary work about the writer's own life. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa are autobiographical.

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