memoir
Pluralmemoirs
- 1A book in which a writer tells the story of their own life.
Like a diary turned into a book about your whole life.
She wrote a memoir about growing up on a small farm.
His memoir tells the story of his years at sea.
Similarautobiography
- 2Any kind of story in which writers describe things that happened to them.
Like telling your own true story, whether you write it down or say it out loud.
Her blog reads like a memoir, full of stories from her travels.
He shared a short memoir of his first job at the family bakery.
Similarreminiscence, account, recollection
- 3A book about another person's life, written by someone who knew them well.
Like a friend telling the life story of someone they knew closely.
She wrote a memoir of her late husband, drawing on their years together.
The nurse published a memoir of the doctor she had assisted for decades.
Similarbiography
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Origin
From French mémoire, which came from Latin memoria, meaning "memory."