Psychobiography

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A biography that analyzes the psychological makeup, character, or motivations of its subject: "We are given a kind of psychobiography which ultimately pictures a deeply egotistical individual, unable to tolerate anyone else's success” ( Leon Botstein).
  • n. A character analysis.
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  • n. A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject
    • Word Usage
    "BRACE: James David Barber is a very senior professor at Duke University who wrote a very influential book called "Presidential Character," and he employs a methodology typically called psychobiography, in which he examines the biographies of individuals, in this case, presidents, and tries to arrive at a judgment about their future behavior based upon elements of their past."
     
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