Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The biography of a person written by that person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A biography or memoir of a person written by himself.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
self -writtenbiography ; the story of one's ownlife .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a biography of yourself
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stephen Fry reading his autobiography is a favourite.
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Stephen Fry reading his autobiography is a favourite.
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This autobiography is the unrepentant rant of a violent sex offender, Nathan McCall, who participated in gang rape and violent assaults and shows no remorse but instead pride.
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In "Vivre Dans le Feu: Confessions" Éditions Robert Laffont, or "Living in Fire: Confessions," Mr. Todorov has organized extracts from nine volumes of her letters, notes and diaries into what he calls the autobiography she never wrote.
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Deanna Favre, who alluded to her husband's infidelity in her 2007 autobiography, is promoting a new book and was asked about the allegations on "Good Morning America" Thursday.
This just in...: Harvard Club says "No thanks" to Eliot Spitzer; Deanna Favre breaks silence on sexting-scandal The Reliable Source 2010
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If an autobiography is the true and full story of one's life -- the entire trip so to speak -- a memoir examines recurring scenes along the way.
Will Weaver: Making Sense of the Memoir Will Weaver 2010
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Given Keith Richards's reticence to boast of his acclaim and his down-to-earth view of himself at age 66, what kind of celebrity autobiography is his "Life"?
With No Ax to Grind Jim Fusilli 2010
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If an autobiography is the true and full story of one's life -- the entire trip so to speak -- a memoir examines recurring scenes along the way.
Will Weaver: Making Sense of the Memoir Will Weaver 2010
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I thought, 'Doing this autobiography is more serious than I thought.
With No Ax to Grind Jim Fusilli 2010
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(The sentence, "Following in the footsteps of Miley Cyrus, he just came out with an autobiography," is one of the predicted thirty-six pop culture signs of the Apocalypse.)
Welcome back, Chilean miners! Alexandra Petri 2010
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