autobiography
/,ɔ:toubai'ɔgrəfi/
Definition
- Noun:
- A written account of a person's own life, composed by that person. It is a form of biography where the author is also the subject, detailing their personal experiences, memories, and reflections.
Usage
- An autobiography is a first-person narrative of one's life. It is typically used to refer to a published book-length work.
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Examples
Advanced Usage
- Literary Genre: "Autobiography" refers to a major literary genre, distinct from biography or memoir, though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. It implies a comprehensive, retrospective narrative of one's life.
- Autobiographical (adj): Relating to or based on the writer's own life.
- The novel contains strong autobiographical elements.
- Autobiographically (adv): In an autobiographical manner.
- He wrote autobiographically about his childhood.
Variants and Related Words
- Memoir: Often used similarly to autobiography, but a memoir typically focuses on specific aspects, periods, or themes of a life rather than a complete chronological account.
- Autobiographer (n): A person who writes an autobiography.
- She is a skilled autobiographer.
Synonyms
- Life story
- Personal history
- Memoir (in some contexts)
Antonyms
- Biography: An account of someone's life written by someone else.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- While there are no direct phrasal verbs, the concept is central to phrases like:
- To pen one's autobiography: To write one's autobiography.
- After decades in film, he finally penned his autobiography.
- Candid autobiography: An autobiography that is notably open and honest.
- The singer's candid autobiography shocked many of her fans.
Noun
- a biography of yourself
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