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hagiography
[hag-ee-og-ruh-fee, hey-jee-]
noun
plural
hagiographiesthe 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
Other 51Թ Forms
- hagiographic adjective
- hagiographical adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hagiography1
Example Sentences
It was important to me not to make a hagiography.
The result is not hagiography, but a revealing glimpse inside the too-brief life of an artist as tormented as he was talented.
To further the hagiography, the script flubs its own plot points.
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.
Rivers is too complicated a personality for hagiography.
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