autobiographical

American  

[aw-tuh-bahy-uh-graf-i-kuhl, aw-toh-] / ˌɔ təˌbaɪ əˈgræf ɪ kəl, ˌɔ toʊ- /

Also autobiographic

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.

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autobiographical British  

/ ˌɔːtəˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or concerned with one's own life

2. of or relating to an autobiography

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Other Word Forms

• autobiographically adverb
• nonautobiographical adjective
• nonautobiographically adverb

Etymology

Origin of autobiographical

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

Example Sentences

"I, for one, bet on science as helping us," he wrote in his 1968 personal autobiographical essay Self Portrait.

From BBC

Rather than his obituaries, readers should go straight to Norman’s autobiographical essays and books.

From The Wall Street Journal

Davis’ mother is also the subject of an autobiographical novel, long in process, that is excerpted in the “Magnificent Product” catalog.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. Torres draws on her Caribbean heritage and life in Colombia in these autobiographical scenes, but the emotions they elicit know no borders.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like her previous book, “Indignity” is about Ms. Ypi’s family, though it’s not a sequel to the first, largely autobiographical, work.

From The Wall Street Journal