autofiction.

Fiction drawing substantially on its author’s life while retaining fictional invention or framing.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• write autofiction
• autofictional narrative

On the page

The autofiction preserved the journey but changed the traveler’s choices.

She called the work autofiction rather than a verified memoir.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.