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autobiography

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au⋅to⋅bi⋅og⋅ra⋅phy

  [aw-tuh-bahy-og-ruh-fee, -bee-, aw-toh-]
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–noun, plural -phies.
a history of a person's life written or told by that person.
Origin:
1790–1800; auto- 1 + biography

Related forms:
au⋅to⋅bi⋅og⋅ra⋅pher, noun
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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-grāf'ĭk), au'to·bi'o·graph'i·cal adj., au'to·bi'o·graph'i·cal·ly adv.
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Cultural Dictionary

autobiography

A literary work about the writer's own life. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa are autobiographical.

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Word Origin & History

autobiography 
1797, from auto-, from Gk. autos "self" + biography (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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