autobiography

au·to·bi·og·ra·phy

noun \ˌȯ-tə-bī-ˈä-grə-fē, -bē-\

Definition of AUTOBIOGRAPHY

: the biography of a person narrated by himself or herself

— au·to·bi·og·ra·pher \-fər\ noun

— au·to·bio·graph·i·cal \-ˌbī-ə-ˈgra-fi-kəl\ also au·to·bio·graph·ic \-fik\ adjective

— au·to·bio·graph·i·cal·ly \-fi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of AUTOBIOGRAPHY

1. I read her autobiography last year.

First Known Use of AUTOBIOGRAPHY

1771

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with AUTOBIOGRAPHY

cinematography