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語源

Clipping of biographical picture; synchronically bio +‎ pic.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbaɪ.əʊ.pɪk/
• (米国発音) enPR: bīʹōpĭk, IPA: /ˈbaɪ.oʊ.pɪk/
• (米国発音, nonstandard) IPA: /baɪˈɑp.ɪk/

名詞

biopic (plural biopics)

1. (film) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
   • 2026 April 26, Catherine Shoard, “Bad movies, good business: how sanitised biopics became a Hollywood staple”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 April 2026:

     This truism helps explain why the music biopic is stuck in such a compromising loop. […] Between 2000 to 2019, 55% of leading actor and actress Oscars went to performances in a biopic. Over the past four years, the genre has been responsible for 63 Oscar nominations. Yet at the same time, hagiography has resurfaced as a pre-requisite for success. […] While one might have supposed the advent of the internet could render biopics redundant – if facts and archive footage are readily accessible, why bother making stuff up?

使用する際の注意点

Most American and British dictionaries give only the pronunciation with a long o.

同意語

• biographical film

関連する語

• biodoc

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