Used in a Sentence

autobiographical

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for autobiographical.

Editorial note

The book is a semi-autobiographical story of the author's experiences in a Siberian prisoner of war camp after WWI.

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Quick take

Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of autobiographical gathered in one view.

adjective

Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for autobiographical.

adjective

Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.

Example sentences

1

The book is a semi-autobiographical story of the author's experiences in a Siberian prisoner of war camp after WWI.

2

Doing something means actually trying and not wasting your life watching repeats of Friends on Comedy Central, an example that is not at all autobiographical.

3

It is one thing to take puff pieces seriously, and another thing altogether to take autobiographical puff pieces seriously.

4

Reading his breezy autobiographical books, he had a habit of somehow bragging by underplaying his abilities, making his accomplishments miraculous/lucky/etc.

5

At times, it strikes me as too clever (puns and autobiographical digressions all over the place).

6

I read her book, it was good, though I wouldn't say its the best travel/autobiographical book I've read.

7

Here's a mention of it in the 40s in VS Naipaul's autobiographical fiction.

8

The social map idea isn't bad at all: you might not get a great idea about a person by their biased autobiographical profile.

9

I've just been reading an autobiographical sketch that my paternal grandmother wrote in 1926, after her third year of college.

10

He wasn't confused the moment before, because his autobiographical self wasn't recording.

11

I also enjoyed (as an adult) Papa Married a Mormon which is John Fitzgerald's (Great Brain author) semi-autobiographical first novel.

12

I'm hard pressed to find something unique or interesting about this long autobiographical read.

Quote examples

1

Also reads like an alternate version of "Catch-22" except the content should be 100% autobiographical.

2

In the first chapters of his autobiographical "The Words" Sartre tells of his troubles learning to spell French, but reading French out loud is not especially hard; there's more of a problem in writing underdetermination than speech underdetermination.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use autobiographical in a sentence?

The book is a semi-autobiographical story of the author's experiences in a Siberian prisoner of war camp after WWI.

What does autobiographical mean?

Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.

What part of speech is autobiographical?

autobiographical is commonly used as adjective.