psychobiography

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noun

A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject.

OriginEnglish biography ← New Latin biographia ← Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā) →
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Meanings

nounpsychobiography (plural psychobiographies)

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

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  5. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  8. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  9. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  10. Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
  11. New Latinbiographia
  12. Englishbiography
  13. Englishpsychobiography

From psycho- + biography.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with psychobiography

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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