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
His father was a shopkeeper, and the family was not wealthy, Ghalibaf wrote in a lengthy autobiography on his official website.
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Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
When women came to write spiritual texts—autobiographies, meditations, letters—their own bodies provided an imagery to describe the contours of their belief.
—Chandler Fritz, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2026
This incredible catalogue was discovered only in 1972 when the ailing 80-year-old was moved into a care home, leaving behind, among other things, a 5,000-page autobiography and a 15,145-page novel called In the Realms of the Unreal.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
For forty years, Ross McElwee has made documentaries which blend autobiography and cultural observation.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
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Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
When women came to write spiritual texts—autobiographies, meditations, letters—their own bodies provided an imagery to describe the contours of their belief.
—Chandler Fritz, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2026
This incredible catalogue was discovered only in 1972 when the ailing 80-year-old was moved into a care home, leaving behind, among other things, a 5,000-page autobiography and a 15,145-page novel called In the Realms of the Unreal.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
For forty years, Ross McElwee has made documentaries which blend autobiography and cultural observation.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autobiography
biography
Noun
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The detailed biographies of every correspondent make, in themselves, a whole picture of the cultural and political life of the early twentieth century.—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Autobiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autobiography. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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