autobiography
/ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Also seen as: autobiographies
Sense 1
Meaning · English
A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
Noun
Examples
Autobiography […] inevitably consists mainly of extinctions of the truth, shirkings of the truth, partial revealments of the truth, with hardly an instance of plain straight truth […]
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
Noun
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-08-01 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “autobiography” mean?
A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
Is “autobiography” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.