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autobiography

American  
[aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh-] / ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ- /

noun

plural

autobiographies

  1. a history of a person's life written or told by that person.

autobiography British  
/ ˌɔːtəʊbaɪˈɒɡrəfɪ, ˌɔːtəbaɪ- /

noun

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

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autobiography Cultural  

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

Other Word Forms

  • autobiographer noun

Etymology

Origin of autobiography

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

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