AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autobiographical mean? 

• AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL (adjective)
  The adjective AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer

2. relating to or in the style of an autobiography

  Familiarity information: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

autobiographic; autobiographical

Context example:

he seldom suppressed his autobiographical tendencies

Pertainym:

autobiographer (someone who writes their own biography)

Derivation:

autobiography (a biography of yourself)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or in the style of an autobiography

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

autobiographic; autobiographical

Context example:

they compiled an autobiographical history of the movement

Pertainym:

autobiography (a biography of yourself)

Derivation:

autobiography (a biography of yourself)