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life-tellings

life-tellings is the plural of life-telling.

Meaning of life-telling

Noun

life-telling (countable and uncountable, plural life-tellings)

  1. The telling of someone's personal experience; biographical or autobiographical communication.
    • Leading characters, by contrast, were, according to convention, the sum of their Remarkable Transactions which required that, to trump traditional histories, their life-telling must be not only authentic but also original and human.2015, D. A. B. Ronald, Youth, Heroism and War Propaganda

Questions about life-tellings

What is life-tellings the plural of?
Life-tellings is the plural of life-telling.

Words near life-tellings in the dictionary

  1. life-sources
  2. life-style
  3. life-styles
  4. life-support
  5. life-telling
  6. life-tellings
  7. life-threatening
  8. life-time
  9. life-times
  10. life/dinner principle
  11. lifeaholic

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