noun
pl. -·phies- the art or practice of writing one's own biography
- the story of one's own life written or dictated by oneself
Origin of autobiography
auto- + biography: coined (1809) by Robert Southey
noun
The definition of an autobiography is someone's life story written by that person.
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama is an example of an autobiography.
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autobiography
noun
pl. au·to·bi·og·ra·phiesThe biography of a person written by that person.
Related Forms:
- au′to·bi·og′ra·pher
noun
- au′to·bi′o·graph′ic au′to·bi′o·graph′i·cal
adjective
- au′to·bi′o·graph′i·cal·ly
adverb
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Sentence Examples
- His autobiography was published a few years ago.
- He wrote in his autobiography that he was impressed with her beauty.
- His Autobiography was published in 1850.
- In the Discourse of Method Descartes had sketched the main points in his new views, with a mental autobiography which might explain their origin, and with some suggestions of as to their applications.
- In the Autobiography of Jahangir it is stated that the guru was imprisoned in the fortress of Gwalior, with a view to the realization of the fine imposed on his father Guru Arjan, but the Sikhs believe that the guru became a voluntary inmate of the fortress with the object of obtaining seclusion there to pray for the emperor who had been advised to that effect by his Hindu astrologers.
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WORDS NEAR autobiography IN THE DICTIONARY
- autobiography
- autobiographies
- autobiographism
- autobiographist