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autobiographical

[ aw-tuh-bahy-uh-graf-i-kuhl, aw-toh- ]

adjective

  1. marked by or dealing with one's own experiences or life history; of or in the manner of an autobiography: an autobiographical novel.

    autobiographical material;

    an autobiographical novel.



autobiographical

/ ˌɔːtəˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl /

adjective

  1. of or concerned with one's own life
  2. of or relating to an autobiography
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌautoˌbioˈgraphically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • au·to·bi·o·graph·i·cal·ly adverb
  • non·au·to·bi·o·graph·i·cal adjective
  • non·au·to·bi·o·graph·i·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of autobiographical1

First recorded in 1820–30; auto- 1 + biographical
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Example Sentences

In many ways, the autobiographical elements provide the book with a narrative structure, as they mirror larger trends in the history of American psychiatry.

Much of the highlighted artists’ work is autobiographical, although often indirectly.

Michaela Coel’s powerful, semi-autobiographical HBO series “I May Destroy You,” which critics loved, would have been a far worthier choice.

They never spoke publicly about the nature of their relationship, but in an autobiographical 1992 book, “Mastering the Impossible,” they said they both had relationships with women.

Nearly half of those works made up his autobiographical project, known as “Continents of Exile.”

For a shorter introduction to Richardson, read Journey to Paradise: Short Stories and Autobiographical Sketches.

My father, who despised autobiographical novels, did two very autobiographical misogynist books as his second marriage broke up.

As advertised, Holler is not autobiographical in the same way that the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein are not autobiographical.

Jodorowsky moved on, and recently directed an autobiographical film, The Dance of Reality (opening in May).

“For us, our collections are so autobiographical,” McCollough told The New York Times.

There are not many deliberately autobiographical writings that are markedly sincere; there are not many direct human documents.

For the autobiographical portions of this organ, I am indebted to the notices which have appeared in the Revue Mensuelle.

Mazzini's autobiographical notes in the earlier volumes of the Scritti editi e inediti are of course of the highest value.

Anderson's photographs interested him mightily, and formed the text of many autobiographical discourses.

It is especially interesting in that the author has made one of the characters, Trigorin, largely autobiographical.

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