Psychobiography

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject.

    "This was the first attempt to create a "psychobiography" of a political leader and the dossier remains a fascinating contemporary insight into the mind of the German leader."

Example

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"This was the first attempt to create a "psychobiography" of a political leader and the dossier remains a fascinating contemporary insight into the mind of the German leader."

Etymology

From psycho- + biography.

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