semiautobiographical

[ sem-ee-aw-tuh-bahy-uh-graf-i-kuhl, sem-ahy- ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
2. pertaining to or being a work of fiction strongly influenced by events in an author's life.

Word History and Origins

Origin of semiautobiographical¹

First recorded in 1935–40; semi- + autobiographical