semiautobiographical

[sem-ee-aw-tuh-bahy-uh-graf-i-kuhl, sem-ahy-]

sem·i·au·to·bi·o·graph·i·cal

[sem-ee-aw-tuh-bahy-uh-graf-i-kuhl, sem-ahy-]
adjective
1.
pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
2.
pertaining to or being a work of fiction strongly influenced by events in an author's life.

Origin:
1935–40; semi- + autobiographical
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Semiautobiographical has a plethora of syllables.
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an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
WordNet
semiautobiographical

adjective
of or relating to a work that combines autobiography and fiction; "a semiautobiographical novel" 
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