What does AUTOBIOGRAPHY mean?

Definitions for AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ˌɔ tə baɪˈɒg rə fi, -bi-, ˌɔ toʊ-au·to·bi·og·ra·phy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. autobiographynoun

    a biography of yourself

Wiktionary

  1. autobiographynoun

    A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.

Wikipedia

  1. Autobiography

    An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written biography of one's own life.

ChatGPT

  1. autobiography

    An autobiography is a self-written account of the life of oneself. It is a narrative or book that presents a life history of the person who wrote it and the details of their personal experiences, memories, and reflections. The content of an autobiography is often inclusive of the author's personal perspective and interpretation of events and facts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Autobiographynoun

    a biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self

  2. Etymology: [Auto- + biography.]

Wikidata

  1. Autobiography

    An autobiography is a self-written account of the life of a person.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Autobiography

    aw-to-bī-og′raf-i, n. the biography or life of a person written by himself.—n. Autobiog′rapher, one who writes his own life.—adjs. Autobiograph′ic, -al. [Gr. autos, one's self, bios, life, graphein, to write.]

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. autobiography

    1. Auto-intoxication. 2. Things which no one else will say about you, and which therefore you have to say of yourself.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Autobiography

    The life of a person written by himself or herself. (Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of AUTOBIOGRAPHY in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of AUTOBIOGRAPHY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of AUTOBIOGRAPHY in a Sentence

  1. George Orwell:

    An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

  2. Philip Roth:

    I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and they're so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn't.

  3. Helen Keller:

    One's life story cannot be told with complete veracity. A true autobiography would have to be written in states of mind, emotions, heartbeats, smiles and tears not in months and years, or physical events. Life is marked off on the soul by feelings, not by dates.

  4. Philip Guedalla:

    Autobiography is an unrivalled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

  5. Samuel Goldwyn:

    I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

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