psychobiography

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Recent Examples of psychobiography Her bookcase displays her many publications: her psychobiography of the poet Robert Lowell, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and her books on suicide, on exuberance and on the connection between mania and artistic genius. Casey Schwartz, New York Times, 22 May 2023 First Freud’s patient in the 1920s, in 1930 Bullitt also became his collaborator, co-writing a dubious psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson. Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 And so, duly catering to the market, the book is presented as a psychobiography of the author’s uncle, whose military academy class photo adorns the cover. Anne Diebel, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020 Esa-Pekka Salonen, in his stirring performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday night at Symphony Center, treated it as a masterpiece of pure music, rather than as musical psychobiography. John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2018 Some commentators attempted to bridge this gap by indulging in dubious psychobiography posing as criticism. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2017 Such speculation makes psychobiography sound like little more than psychobabble. Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 2 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychobiography
Noun
  • The wish is revealing—strange and sad, and haunting in ways the biography cannot quite accommodate.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The Defense Department at one point temporarily removed training videos recognizing the Tuskegee Airmen and an online biography of Jackie Robinson.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Tina Knowles is also on a nine-city tour for her memoir.
    Caché McClay, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • One of them, John R. Bolton, wrote a memoir about his time working for the president that was deeply revealing, and embarrassing, to Mr. Trump.
    Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • This isn’t the first time a bottled piece of history has made its way into modern-day headlines.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • That was the most fun playground anyone in the history of television has ever had.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Psychobiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychobiography. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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