Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or in the style of an autobiography: Describing something that is connected to, derived from, or written in the manner of an account of a person's life written by that person.
   • Of or relating to an autobiographer: Pertaining to the characteristics or tendencies of a person who writes their own life story.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:
  • The author's latest novel is highly autobiographic, drawing heavily on her childhood experiences.
  • He gave an autobiographic account of his years as a diplomat.
  • The film, while fictional, contains strong autobiographic elements from the director's life.

Advanced Usage

• Autobiographic memory: A memory system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual's life, often based on a combination of experiences.
  • Her research focuses on the development of autobiographic memory in early childhood.
• Autobiographic impulse: The inherent tendency or desire to narrate one's own life story.
  • Many poets have written about the autobiographic impulse that drives their work.

Variants and Related Words

• Autobiographical (adj): The more common variant, identical in meaning to 'autobiographic'.
  • She published an autobiographical essay.
• Autobiography (n): A written account of a person's own life.
  • He is writing his autobiography.
• Autobiographer (n): A person who writes their own biography.
  • The autobiographer reflected on the challenges of writing about oneself.

Synonyms

• Self-referential: Referring to oneself or itself.
• Personal: Of, affecting, or belonging to a particular person.
• Memoiristic: Having the character of a memoir (a historical account written from personal knowledge).

Antonyms

• Biographic / Biographical: Concerning the life story of someone written by another person.
• Fictional: Invented or imagined, not based on real events.
• Objective: Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions; factual.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To have an autobiographic bent/tendency: To have a natural inclination to write or talk about one's own life experiences.
  • As a writer, he has always had an autobiographic bent.
• Autobiographic fiction: A genre of fiction that uses details from the author's own life.
  • The book is a masterpiece of autobiographic fiction.

Adjective

1. relating to or in the style of an autobiography
   • they compiled an autobiographical history of the movement
2. of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer
   • he seldom suppressed his autobiographical tendencies