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autoethnography

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɔːtəʊ.ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/
  • General-American: /ˌɔtoʊ.ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/
  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi

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noun

Meaning 1

An ethnographic study drawing on one's own anecdotal or personal experience, or an approach to conducting research in which anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The aborigine's autobiography was also an autoethnography. It told much about the culture he grew up in.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From auto- + ethnography.