Autobiographical

Definition: Autobiographical

Autobiographical

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer; "he seldom suppressed his autobiographical tendencies".

2. Relating to or in the style of an autobiography; "they compiled an autobiographical history of the movement".

Date "autobiographical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1877. (references)

Synonym: Autobiographical

Synonym: autobiographic (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Autobiographical

English words defined with "autobiographical": Anderson, autobiographic ♦ Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr. ♦ day ♦ Sherwood Anderson ♦ Thomas Clayton Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe ♦ Wolfe. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Autobiographical by A.M. Klein (1965)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections (reference) Beyond the Home Front: Women's Autobiographical Writing of the Two World Wars (reference) Boys in the Hoods: One Man's Journey from Hatred to Love: An Autobiographical Expose of Racial Hatred, Racism, and Redemption (reference) Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage (reference) Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Films of James Broughton, Vol. 4: Autobiographical Mysteries (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Schubert: Settings of Poems by Friends, Autobiographical Lieder (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Who's Who - Cover sheet to 1931 C&GS publication Shows all former C&GS Superintendents/Directors Book includes autobiographical sketches of about 200 C&GS employees. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Autobiographical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.96% of the time. "Autobiographical" is used about 192 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.96%	190	22,288
Noun (proper)	1.04%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	192	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "autobiographical": semi-autobiographical.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "autobiographical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏سيري ذاتي متعلق بسيرة المرء الذاتية. (various references)

Chinese		自� �" (Autobiographic, Autobiographically). (various references)

Dutch		autobiografisch. (various references)

Esperanto		aŭtobiografia. (various references)

French		autobiographique (autobiographic). (various references)

German		autobiographisches, autobiografisch. (various references)

Greek		αυτοβιογραφικόσ (autobiographic). (various references)

Hungarian		önéletrajzi (autobiographic). (various references)

Korean		자서� � (Autobiographic, Autobiographies, Autobiography). (various references)

Manx		hene-veashnyssagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		autobiographicalay

Serbo-Croatian		autobiografski (autobiographic). (various references)

Spanish		autobiográfico (autobiographic). (various references)

Ukrainian		автобіографічний (autobiographic). (various references)

Vietnamese		có tính chất tự truyện (autobiographic). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "autobiographical": autobiographically. (additional references)
	Words ending with "autobiographical": semiautobiographical. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "autobiographical" (pronounced ô'tubī'ugra"fikul)
11	-b ī' u g r a" f i k u l	biographical.
9	-u g r a" f i k u l	geographical, typographical.
8	-g r a" f i k u l	graphical.
5	-f i k u l	philosophical.
4	-i k u l	acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, bicycle, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological.
3	-k u l	aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-g-h-i-i-l-o-o-p-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: autobiographic.
	-4 letters: ailurophobia, biographical.
	-5 letters: agoraphobia, agoraphobic, autographic.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-c-g-h-i-i-l-o-o-p-r-t-u"
	+2 letters: autobiographically.
	+4 letters: semiautobiographical.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
autobiographical essay	9
autobiographical sketch	7
autobiographical statement	4
autobiographical poem	4
autobiographical	3
autobiographical book	3
autobiographical memory	3
autobiographical incident	3
autobiographical resume	2
autobiographical in social statement work	2
autobiographical essay write	2
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Autobiographical

Definition: Autobiographical