Entertainment / Literature / Memoir: An autobiographical sketch--especially one that focuses less on the author's personal life or psychological development and more on the notable people and events the author has encountered or witnessed. Examples include memoirs published by Winston Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The memoir contrasts with a diary or journal, i.e., the memoir is not an informal daily record of events in a person's life, it is not necessarily written for personal pleasure, and the author of such memoir has in mind the ultimate goal of publication. Contrast with biography and memoir-novel. (usually appearing in plural form as memoirs, from Latin, memoria 'memory' via French m???©moire)
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Memoir Noun Synonyms: account, report, reportage, narrative, essay, dissertation, disquisition, paper, journal, record, biography, life
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Technology / Television (TV) / Secam (Systeme Electronique Couleur Avec Memoire): A signal format used in video equipment in France and the former Soviet Union. It is incompatible with PAL and NTSC formats. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Memoir-Novel: A novel purporting to be a factual or autobiographical account but which is completely or partially imaginary. The authorial voice or speaker is typically a made-up character who never actually lived. MORE