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autobiography

nounfeminine/aw.tu.bju.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/medium

au·to·bio·gra·fi·a

Definition

An account of a person's life written by that person.
The writer published her autobiography at the age of eighty.
Autobiography is a literary genre that requires introspection.
Common collocations
write an autobiographypublish an autobiography

Etymology

Do grego 'autós' (próprio) + 'bíos' (vida) + 'gráphō' (escrever).

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