different between autofiction vs autobiography

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French autofiction, blend of autobiography +? fiction.

Noun

autofiction (countable and uncountable, plural autofictions)

1. A blend of autobiography and fiction; faction.

   Synonym: faction

Derived terms

• autofictional

Translations

Further reading

• autofiction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Blend of autobiographie +? fiction.

Pronunciation

Noun

autofiction f (plural autofictions)

1. faction (blend of fact and fiction)

Derived terms

• autofictionnel

Further reading

• “autofiction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

auto- +? biography

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.t?.ba????.??.fi/
• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

autobiography (countable and uncountable, plural autobiographies)

1. (countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
2. (uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.

Synonyms

• memoir
• life story

Antonyms

• heterobiography

Hypernyms

• biography

Derived terms

• autobiographical, autobiographically

Related terms

• biography

Translations

Anagrams

• bioautography