as in biography
an account of a person's life written by the person it is about
I read her autobiography last year and it was surprisingly honest retelling of her rise to fame.
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Recent Examples of autobiography
Her memoir Swimming Studies won the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.
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Leanne Shapton, The New York Review of Books, 20 Sep. 2025
Wrapped in millennial pink while sporting desk plaques reading #girlboss and #bossbabe, she was sold through autobiographies, TED Talks, and Instagram feeds promising that hustle could turn anyone into a CEO.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The book serves as both autobiography and manifesto, providing a roadmap for entrepreneurs who refuse to choose between profit and purpose.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
And The Greatest, Ali’s autobiography written with Richard Durham, a renowned Black journalist and former editor of a newspaper for the Nation of Islam, may not be entirely reliable in its characterization of Ali’s sentiments.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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Leanne Shapton, The New York Review of Books, 20 Sep. 2025
Wrapped in millennial pink while sporting desk plaques reading #girlboss and #bossbabe, she was sold through autobiographies, TED Talks, and Instagram feeds promising that hustle could turn anyone into a CEO.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The book serves as both autobiography and manifesto, providing a roadmap for entrepreneurs who refuse to choose between profit and purpose.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
And The Greatest, Ali’s autobiography written with Richard Durham, a renowned Black journalist and former editor of a newspaper for the Nation of Islam, may not be entirely reliable in its characterization of Ali’s sentiments.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autobiography
biography
Noun
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Did writing the Kathy Acker biography inspire you to write more about your own life?—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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His photo is not included in his staff biography.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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