as in biography
disapproving
a book about someone's life that makes it seem better than it really is or was
a hagiography of the leader written by one of his closest confidants
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Recent Examples of hagiography
Hagey’s book, written with Altman’s cooperation, is less critical, but no hagiography.
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Tim Wu, New York Times, 19 May 2025
In a music doc landscape pocked with overwrought hagiographies, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield does distinguish itself.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
This isn’t a glossy hagiography but a complicated character study.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Tim Wu, New York Times, 19 May 2025
In a music doc landscape pocked with overwrought hagiographies, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield does distinguish itself.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
This isn’t a glossy hagiography but a complicated character study.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagiography
Noun
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Top 5 adult biographies borrowed in Indianapolis 1.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
21 July 2025
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Humphreys’ biography of Washington, written around 1786, sheds light on the future president’s experiences during the French and Indian War.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Atherton Lin’s method, embedding memoir with cultural history, discloses how fickle and self-interested institutional memory can be.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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In her new memoir My Good Side, the Vanderpump Rules alum, 40, speaks about wanting to grow her family with her husband, Brock Davies, 35.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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