autobiographic

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au·to·bi·og·ra·phy

(ô′tō-bī-ŏg′rə-fē)

n. pl. au·to·bi·og·ra·phies

The biography of a person written by that person.

au′to·bi·og′ra·pher n.

au′to·bi′o·graph′ic (-bī′ə-grăf′ĭk), au′to·bi′o·graph′i·cal adj.

au′to·bi′o·graph′i·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.	1.	autobiographic - of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer; "he seldom suppressed his autobiographical tendencies" autobiographical
	2.	autobiographic - relating to or in the style of an autobiography; "they compiled an autobiographical history of the movement" autobiographical

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autobiographic

[ˈɔːtəʊˌbaɪəʊˈgræfɪk] autobiographical [ˈɔːtəʊˌbaɪəʊˈgræfɪk/əl] adj → autobiografico/a

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autobiography

(oːtəbaiˈogrəfi) noun

the story of a person's life written by himself.

ˌautobioˈgraphic(al) (-ˈgrӕ-) adjective

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It is couched, like so much of his work, in the autobiographic form, which next to the dramatic form is the most natural, and which lends itself with such flexibility to the purpose of the author.

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Young as he was, and had his career terminated at the point already attained, there had been enough of incident to fill, very creditably, an autobiographic volume.

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His last novel, 'Amelia,' is a half autobiographic account of his own follies.

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So began, for fans of the couple, the intense anticipation for the autobiographic story of two of the United States' most iconic leaders.

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The resulting film, titled Skibet/Hatikvah, is an intriguing mixture of autobiographic documentary, cinema verite, and interviews that remains our only window into the emigres' state of mind, and their first impressions of life in the West.

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