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hagiography
[ hag-ee-og-ruh-fee, hey-jee- ]
noun
plural hagiographies.
- the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
- a biography that treats the person with excessive or undue admiration.
hagiography
/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪ; ˌhæɡɪəˈɡræfɪk /
noun
- the writing of the lives of the saints
- biography of the saints
- any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject
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Derived Forms
- hagiographic, adjective
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- ···· [hag-ee-, uh, -, graf, -ik, hey-jee-], i··i· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hagiography1
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Example Sentences
The result is not hagiography, but a revealing glimpse inside the too-brief life of an artist as tormented as he was talented.
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To further the hagiography, the script flubs its own plot points.
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Biographical documentaries too often turn into hagiographies, so you could imagine how that’s even more easily the case when the subject is as beloved as Christopher Reeve.
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Rivers is too complicated a personality for hagiography.
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That story is neither hagiography nor hit job.
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