autoethnography
UK/ˌɔːtəʊ.ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/US/ˌɔtoʊ.ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/
autoethnography noun: an ethnographic study drawing on one's own anecdotal or personal experience, or an approach to conducting research in which anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded.
Noun
autoethnography (countable and uncountable, plural autoethnographies)
- An ethnographic study drawing on one's own anecdotal or personal experience, or an approach to conducting research in which anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded.
- The aborigine's autobiography was also an autoethnography. It told much about the culture he grew up in.
Forms of autoethnography
| plural | autoethnographies |
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Origin of autoethnography
From auto- + ethnography.
Words formed from autoethnography
Words that rhyme with autoethnography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about autoethnography
- What does autoethnography mean?
- Autoethnography means an ethnographic study drawing on one's own anecdotal or personal experience, or an approach to conducting research in which anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded.
- What part of speech is autoethnography?
- Autoethnography is a noun.
- How do you pronounce autoethnography?
- Autoethnography is pronounced /ˌɔːtəʊ.ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of autoethnography?
- The plural of autoethnography is autoethnographies.
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