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autobiographical or au·to·bi·o·graph·ic [aw-tuh-bahy-uh-graf-i-kuh l or aw-tuh-bahy-uh-graf-ik; aw-toh-] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective marked by or dealing with one’s own experiences or life history; of or in the manner of an autobiography: autobiographical material; an autobiographical novel. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of autobiographical First recorded in 1820–30; auto-1 + biographical Related formsau·to·bi·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·au·to·bi·o·graph·i·cal, adjectivenon·au·to·bi·o·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for autobiographical Contemporary Examples of autobiographical
For a shorter introduction to Richardson, read Journey to Paradise: Short Stories and Autobiographical Sketches.
These Female Contemporaries Weren’t Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Louisa Treger
November 20, 2014
As advertised, Holler is not autobiographical in the same way that the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein are not autobiographical.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marcyliena Morgan
July 7, 2014
Jodorowsky moved on, and recently directed an autobiographical film, The Dance of Reality (opening in May).
‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ and the Allure of the Unmade Masterpiece
Caryn James
March 19, 2014
“For us, our collections are so autobiographical,” McCollough told The New York Times.
Michelle Obama’s Brow Got a Makeover; Proenza Schouler Takes Over Le Bon Marché
The Fashion Beast Team
February 28, 2014
They form a separate unit, one that is autobiographical in feeling, though not, sometimes, entirely so in fact.
Three Cheers for Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize in Literature
Malcolm Jones
October 10, 2013
Historical Examples of autobiographical
Some of these autobiographical fragments affected me deeply.
The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
But this chapter is only autobiographical, and we will pass over the history.
Charles G. Leland
Their title is autobiographical, and, for that reason, they are slightly egotistical.
Timothy Harley
Lloyd had attempted an autobiographical satire in The Curate.
Evan Lloyd
See also the autobiographical sketch in the Annals of Agriculture, xv.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.
Leslie Stephen
British Dictionary definitions for autobiographical autobiographical adjective of or concerned with one’s own life of or relating to an autobiography Derived Formsautobiographically, adverb Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
