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autobiography definition

auto·bi·og·ra·phy (-fē)

noun pl. autobiographies -·phies

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

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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