autofictionist

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noun

A writer of autofiction.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounautofictionist (plural autofictionists)

plural autofictionists

  1. A writer of autofiction.

    Look: a regional realist! A flock of autofictionists! Was that a postmodernist? I've never seen one in the wild.

    2020 November 18, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams's Fiction”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023
    1 more example

    The autofictionist has made the drama of finding and losing the self central to her work. Raising two children during the pandemic prompted a change in focus.

    2024 January 11, Katy Waldman, “Kate Zambreno Collects Herself”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2024

Origin

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APA

autofictionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofictionist

MLA

“autofictionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofictionist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autofictionist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofictionist.

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