Definition of "biographical" []

• Containing, consisting of, or relating to the facts or events in a person's life. (adjective)
• Of or relating to biography as a literary form. (adjective)

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• "There will necessarily be a less uniform focus on the same few new titles, fewer exercises in biographical speculation masquerading as criticism, fewer critical essays that are more about the critic than the work ostensibly at issue."
• "(Each of us is devoted to resurrecting a chosen life in biographical form, and we gain comfort from sharing our common concerns with fellow biographers.)"
• "The “great” inventors (entries in biographical dictionaries) — 1650-1850 in Britain, 40% of the greats never took a patent, and yet are credited with at least one important inventors."