Word Meanings - AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.

Related words: (words related to AUTOBIOGRAPHY)

• SUBJECTION
  1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government
• SUBJECTIST
  One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
• SUBJECTNESS
  Quality of being subject.
• SUBJECTLESS
  Having no subject.
• SUBJECTIVE
  Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn. -- See Objective. Subjective sensation , one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes
• SUBJECT-MATTER
  The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto. Blackstone. As science
• WRITTEN
  p. p. of Write, v.
• BIOGRAPHY
  1. The written history of a person's life. 2. Biographical writings in general.
• SUBJECT
  first part is L. subtus below, fr. sub under), subgiet, subject, F. sujet, from L. subjectus lying under, subjected, p.p. of subjicere, subicere, to throw, lay, place, or bring under; sub under + jacere to 1. Placed or situated under; lying below,
• SUBJECTIVITY
  The quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject.
• SUBJECTIVISM
  Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.
• SUBJECTIVIST
  One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.
• SUBJECTED
  1. Subjacent. "Led them direct . . . to the subjected plain." Milton. 2. Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another. 3. Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious.
• INSUBJECTION
  Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.
• MEMOIR; MEMOIRS
  1. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2. 2. A memorial of any individual;
• RESUBJECTION
  A second subjection.
• AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.
• UNWRITTEN
  1. Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements. 2. Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper. Unwritten doctrines , such doctrines as have been handed down by word of mouth; oral or traditional doctrines.