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au·to·bi·og·ra·phy A0533300 (ô′tō-bī-ŏg′rə-fē)n. pl. au·to·bi·og·ra·phies The biography of a person written by that person. au′to·bi·og′ra·pher n.au′to·bi′o·graph′ic (-bī′ə-grăf′ĭk), au′to·bi′o·graph′i·cal adj.au′to·bi′o·graph′i·cal·ly adv.autobiography (ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ; ˌɔːtəbaɪ-) n, pl -phies (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an account of a person's life written or otherwise recorded by that person ˌautobiˈographer nau•to•bi•og•ra•phy (ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ-) n., pl. -phies. a history of a person's life written or told by that person. [1790–1800] au`to•bi•og′ra•pher, n. autobiographyAn account of the writer’s own life.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | autobiography - a biography of yourselfbiography, life history, life story, life - an account of the series of events making up a person's lifememoir - an account of the author's personal experiences |
autobiographynoun life story, record, history, résumé, memoirs He published his autobiography last autumn.Quotations "An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing" [Quentin Crisp The Naked Civil Servant]Translationsautobiography (oːtəbaiˈogrəfi) noun the story of a person's life written by himself. 自傳 自传ˌautobioˈgraphic(al) (-ˈgrӕ-) adjective 自傳的 自传的autobiography
autobiography: see biographybiography, reconstruction in print or on film, of the lives of real men and women. Together with autobiography—an individual's interpretation of his own life—it shares a venerable tradition, meeting the demands of different audiences through the ages. ..... Click the link for more information. .Autobiography a description of one’s own life; a literary genre similar to memoirs but differing from them in a greater emphasis on the author’s person and psychology. Examples of autobiographies are Saint Augustine’s Confessions (397–398), P. Abélard’s Historia Calamitatum (1132–36), and B. Cellini’s The Life of Benvenuto (1558–66). The first Russian autobiography was The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum (1672–75). In modern literature J.-J. Rousseau and A. I. Herzen have created literary autobiographical confessions. Some works of L. N. Tolstoy, M. Gorky, K. G. Paustovskii, M. Proust, and other writers are autobiographical in character. The autobiographies of the revolutionary figures G. Garibaldi, P. A. Kropotkin, and A. Bebel have been translated into many languages. The word “autobiography” may also refer to a brief chronological summary of the chief events of one’s life. autobiography an account of a person's life written or otherwise recorded by that person MedicalSeebiographyautobiography
Synonyms for autobiographynoun life storySynonyms- life story
- record
- history
- résumé
- memoirs
Words related to autobiographynoun a biography of yourselfRelated Words- biography
- life history
- life story
- life
- memoir
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