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autofictionist

autofictionist noun: a writer of autofiction.

Noun

autofictionist (plural autofictionists)

  1. A writer of autofiction.
    • Look: a regional realist! A flock of autofictionists! Was that a postmodernist? I've never seen one in the wild.2020 November 18, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams's Fiction”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...
    • The autofictionist has made the drama of finding and losing the self central to her work. Raising two children during the pandemic prompted a change in focus.2024 January 11, Katy Waldman, “Kate Zambreno Collects Herself”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2024

Forms of autofictionist

pluralautofictionists

Origin of autofictionist

From autofiction + -ist.

Questions about autofictionist

What does autofictionist mean?
Autofictionist means a writer of autofiction.
What part of speech is autofictionist?
Autofictionist is a noun.
What is the plural of autofictionist?
The plural of autofictionist is autofictionists.

Words near autofictionist in the dictionary

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

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