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hagiography

[ hag-ee-og-ruh-fee, hey-jee- ]

noun

plural hagiographies.
  1. the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
  2. a biography that treats the person with excessive or undue admiration.


hagiography

/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪ; ˌhæɡɪəˈɡræfɪk /

noun

  1. the writing of the lives of the saints
  2. biography of the saints
  3. any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

First recorded in 1805–15; hagio- + -graphy
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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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