autobiography

noun

Definition of autobiographynext
as in biography
an account of a person's life written by the person it is about I read her autobiography last year and it was surprisingly honest retelling of her rise to fame.

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Recent Examples of autobiography Dick Gregory, the comedian and civil rights activist, used the slur as the title of his 1964 autobiography and in some of his routines. — John Blake, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 Moviegoers should be careful not to read too much autobiography into an actor’s creative choices, but Jolie makes such speculation tantalizing, adding additional layers of drama to her films. — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 O’Brien the benchmark There is a passage in former Everton midfielder Leon Osman’s autobiography that offers a telling insight into Moyes’ tactical thinking. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 10 June 2026 By the 1980s, swashbuckling CEOs like Lee Iacocca had taken the Market Maker to a global scale — a man confident enough to write his autobiography and simply call it Iacocca. — Lewis Schiff, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for autobiography
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  • Having read 415 biographies of the most successful operators in history, Senra has noticed a pattern.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • This Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of Frederick Douglass and the world around him.
    — Melia Patria, ABC News, 4 July 2026
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