as in biography
an account of a person's life written by the person it is about
I read her autobiography last year and it was surprisingly honest retelling of her rise to fame.
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Martha Stewart's new autobiography won't leave anything out.
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
In his new autobiography, the Pope recalled how his paternal grandparents and father had planned to sail in 1927 on the Principessa Mafalda from Italy to Argentina, which sank with the loss of many lives, but ended up making a later crossing.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
As Hobson later noted in her autobiography, her publisher’s less-than-enthusiastic reply sapped some of her confidence.
—Rachel Gordan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Yet its enthusiasm for human interaction is, like the urge for autobiography, surprisingly hard to resist.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
In his new autobiography, the Pope recalled how his paternal grandparents and father had planned to sail in 1927 on the Principessa Mafalda from Italy to Argentina, which sank with the loss of many lives, but ended up making a later crossing.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
As Hobson later noted in her autobiography, her publisher’s less-than-enthusiastic reply sapped some of her confidence.
—Rachel Gordan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Yet its enthusiasm for human interaction is, like the urge for autobiography, surprisingly hard to resist.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Autobiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autobiography. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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