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psychobiography

psychobiography noun: a biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject.

Noun

psychobiography (plural psychobiographies)

  1. A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject.
    • This was the first attempt to create a "psychobiography" of a political leader and the dossier remains a fascinating contemporary insight into the mind of the German leader.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 224

Forms of psychobiography

pluralpsychobiographies

Origin of psychobiography

From psycho- + biography.

Words that rhyme with psychobiography

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Questions about psychobiography

What does psychobiography mean?
Psychobiography means a biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject.
What part of speech is psychobiography?
Psychobiography is a noun.
What is the plural of psychobiography?
The plural of psychobiography is psychobiographies.

Words near psychobiography in the dictionary

  1. psychobiographer
  2. psychobiographers
  3. psychobiographic
  4. psychobiographical
  5. psychobiographies
  6. psychobiography
  7. psychobiologic
  8. psychobiological
  9. psychobiologically
  10. psychobiologies
  11. psychobiologist

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