hagiography

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 Running Point is thinly veiled hagiography trying to pass itself off as a middling streaming series. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Feb. 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 hagiography–or biography of a saint–was written in the late 600s. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2025 The twilight tributes included Pete Seeger The Power of Song (2007), an irresistible hagiography directed by Jim Brown for PBS’s American Master series. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hagiography
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Noun
  • According to her Instagram biography, Zoe is the founder of the fashion brand O’Dolly Dearest.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 22 May 2025
  • But this isn’t just a fun detail that makes their biographies more interesting; failure was central to those individuals’ successes.
    Ciarán McArdle, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • First lady Melania Trump is launching an audiobook of her memoir using artificial intelligence (AI) audio technology in multiple languages, Fox News Digital has learned.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
  • Old Spice spokesman, high-end furniture designer, accomplished painter and author of a memoir.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025

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“Hagiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiography. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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