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autobiographical

Variant of autobiography

noun pl. autobiographies

the art or practice of writing one's own biography
the story of one's own life written or dictated by oneself

Origin: auto- + biography: coined (1809) by Robert Southey

Related Forms:

autobiographical adjective or autobiographic
autobiographically adverb

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