(of a book, film, etc) partly based on one's own life
semiautobiographical in American English
(ˌsemiˌɔtəˌbaiəˈɡræfɪkəl, ˌsemai-)
adjective
1.
pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life
2.
pertaining to or being a work of fiction strongly influenced by events in an author's life
Word origin
[1935–40; semi- + autobiographical]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aeroembolism, complementation, gangbuster, prime mover, roadblocksemi- is a combining form borrowed from Latin, meaning “half,” freely prefixed to Englishwords of any origin, now sometimes with the senses “partially,” “incompletely,” “somewhat”.Other words that use the affix semi- include: semiautomatic, semidetached, semimonthly, semisophisticated
Examples of 'semiautobiographical' in a sentence
semiautobiographical
When not advising on art, she is writing a semiautobiographical novel.