autofiction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French autofiction, blend of autobiography +‎ fiction.

Noun

autofiction (countable and uncountable, plural autofictions)

1. A blend of autobiography and fiction; faction.

   Synonym: faction

   • 2019, Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf, editor, Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 245:

     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 autobiographical debate.

Derived terms

• autofictional

Translations

Translations

• Danish: autofiktion c
• Esperanto: aŭtofikcio
• Finnish: autofiktio
• French: autofiction (fr) f
• German: Autofiktion f
• Portuguese: autoficção
• Spanish: autoficción
• Swedish: autofiktion (sv) c

Further reading

• autofiction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Blend of autobiographie +‎ fiction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.fik.sjɔ̃/, /ɔ.tɔ.fik.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

autofiction f (plural autofictions)

1. faction (blend of fact and fiction)

Derived terms

• autofictionnel

Further reading

• “autofiction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.