autoethnographic
/ɔtoʊˌɛθnəˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Using ethnographic techniques to describe one's own life, or events in which one is a participant.
Example Sentences
- "If ethnographic texts are a means by which Europeans represent to themselves their (usually subjugated) others, autoethnographic texts are those the others construct in response to or in dialogue with those metropolitan representations."
- "At the same time it often resorts to free indirect speech rather than dialogue, frequently using an autoethnographic point of view, suggesting a more personalized mode of shared ethnographic documentation."
Etymology
Etymology tree English auto- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English ethnography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ethnographic English autoethnographic From auto- + ethnographic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɔtoʊˌɛθnəˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
- British English: /ɔːtəʊˌɛθnəʊˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
Inflected Forms
more autoethnographic (comparative)
most autoethnographic (superlative)