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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The autobiography of Koki, the parrot of Marshal Tito, who led Yugoslavia for 35 years.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Clark’s wise remedy is to strip her fiction of most of those facts, reducing the local references so that the narrative shifts away from singular autobiography toward singular emblem.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Rodrigo has said that, besides autobiography, a few of the songs on this new album are inspired by Miranda and Steve on Sex and the City.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 May 2026
Equal parts documentary, fiction, and autobiography—Varda herself was half Greek—the film follows Agnès (France Dougnac), an art-history student at Paris’s L’École du Louvre, who, after housing a Greek refugee-journalist, begins exploring her own heritage.
—Air Mail, 2 May 2026
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Clark’s wise remedy is to strip her fiction of most of those facts, reducing the local references so that the narrative shifts away from singular autobiography toward singular emblem.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Rodrigo has said that, besides autobiography, a few of the songs on this new album are inspired by Miranda and Steve on Sex and the City.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 May 2026
Equal parts documentary, fiction, and autobiography—Varda herself was half Greek—the film follows Agnès (France Dougnac), an art-history student at Paris’s L’École du Louvre, who, after housing a Greek refugee-journalist, begins exploring her own heritage.
—Air Mail, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for autobiography
biography
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Kim, who in 2020 was one of the first Korean American women elected to Congress, does vote to advance Trump policies, but her biography is more consistent with an earlier era of conservatism.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Studiocanal’s official announcement of the project also shares a short biography of Baker, one that still captures her profound talents and enduring cultural reach.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
11 May 2026
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“Autobiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autobiography. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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