Autography

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Writing in one's own handwriting. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An autobiography. countable, rare

    "In his autography, The Age of Turbulence, released by Penguin Press in September 2007—ironically, a few days before the second rate cut of the year—Greenspan says he thought it was wrong to increase scrutiny of subprime mortgages."

Example

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"In his autography, The Age of Turbulence, released by Penguin Press in September 2007—ironically, a few days before the second rate cut of the year—Greenspan says he thought it was wrong to increase scrutiny of subprime mortgages."

Etymology

From auto- + -graphy.

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