autoethnography
/ˌɔtoʊ.ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The aborigine's autobiography was also an autoethnography. It told much about the culture he grew up in."
Etymology
From auto- + ethnography.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɔtoʊ.ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/
- British English: /ˌɔːtəʊ.ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/