autofiction

[ aw-toh-fik-shuhn ]

noun
  1. a genre of novel or short story whose narrator or protagonist is understood to be the author, and which explores the author’s real-life story using the techniques and devices of fiction.

Origin of autofiction

1
First recorded in 1975–80; auto-1 + fiction

Words Nearby autofiction

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