autobiography

[US]/ˌɔːtəbaɪˈɒɡrəfi/
[UK]/ˌɔːtəbaɪˈɑːɡrəfi/
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Translation

n. a form of literature in which the author recounts their own life story and experiences, also known as an autobiography.

Example Sentences

the autobiography is remarkably confessional.

her autobiography remained in manuscript .

an autobiography that demystified the career of an eminent physician.

The series was based on the autobiographies of the author.

The diaries of politicians tend to be self-justificatory. Similarly, autobiographies may be idealized.

MAP (Mediography, Autobiography, Pictography): An audit of all media and an evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency with relation to consumers' habits.

21. The policy-related passages in “The Audacity of Hope”, his second autobiography, are scattershot and banal.

Lee Iaccoco's Autobiography was acknowledged to be number one on the best-seller list of 1985.

an essay that brought elements of biography, autobiography, and general European history into powerful, meaningful confrontation.

this new autobiography is studded with Anglicisms like lorries, plimsolls, and doing a bunk.

Real-world Examples

I just read his autobiography last year.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

The task of writing an autobiography is a difficult one.

Source: My life

About the brutality of state murder. But it's also autobiography.

Source: The Power of Art - Michelangelo da Caravaggio

He devoted the last years of his life to writing his autobiography.

Source: In the process of honing one's listening skills.

In 1905, Anne Sullivan married John Macy, who had helped Helen publish her autobiography.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

The brevity of his autobiography is both a strength and a weakness.

Source: The Economist - Arts

Chris Gardner wrote his autobiography called The Pursuit of Happyness, and it became a bestseller.

Source: The legendary stories of business tycoons.

She's just published her autobiography and has been talking in the UK about her life.

Source: 6 Minute English

In 1980, George also picked up the typewriter authoring his autobiography I Me Mine.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

On the last page of Gandhi's autobiography, he wrote, " I must reduce myself to zero."

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) July 2019 Collection

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