psychobiographern.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊbʌɪˈɒɡrəfə/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊbaɪˈɑɡrəfər/ A writer of psychobiography.
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1934 Science 6 July 6/1 I was greatly impressed with the apparent scientific attitude of a recent psychobiographer who would consider all the conduct of his subject to be the result of the subject's past experience.
1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Jan. 90/2 A psychobiographer would naturally reply that this is to take too literal and simplistic a view of the information that is contained in the sources.
1995 New Yorker 13 Nov. 102/3 Her tragedy is as simple as it seems, and as simple as the worshippers of the psychobiographers don't want it to be.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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