Autobiographical

//ˌɑtoʊˌbaɪəˈɡɹæfəkəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.

    "The 2006 graphic novel, an autobiographical work about Bechdel coming to terms with her homosexuality as her funeral-director father remains closeted, was selected as a summer reading book for the Duke Class of 2019."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or in the style of an autobiography wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer wordnet

Synonyms

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autobiographicautobiographicchronologicalhistoricallegendarynecrologic

Example

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"The book is a sort of autobiographical novel."

Etymology

From autobiography + -ical or auto- + biographical.

Related phrases

autobiographical numberhighly superior autobiographical memorypseudo-autobiographicalquasi-autobiographicalsemi-autobiographicalsuperior autobiographical memory

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