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autofiction

autofiction noun: a blend of autobiography and fiction; faction.

Noun

autofiction (countable and uncountable, plural autofictions)

  1. A blend of autobiography and fiction; faction.
    • On the other hand, autofiction has afforded many writers a means to deal with the self in a way that straddles the genres of classic literature and goes beyond its culturally determined norms. Autofiction reveals existential motives for writing, raising them to the status of components in the...2019, Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf, editor, Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 245
    Synonyms:
    faction

Synonyms of autofiction

Forms of autofiction

pluralautofictions

Origin of autofiction

Borrowed from French autofiction, a blend of autobiographie + fiction.

Words formed from autofiction

Questions about autofiction

What does autofiction mean?
Autofiction means a blend of autobiography and fiction; faction.
What part of speech is autofiction?
Autofiction is a noun.
What is the plural of autofiction?
The plural of autofiction is autofictions.

Words near autofiction in the dictionary

  1. autofellatio
  2. autofellator
  3. autofellators
  4. autofermentation
  5. autofertility
  6. autofiction
  7. autofictional
  8. autofictionist
  9. autofictionists
  10. autofictions
  11. autofill

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