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hagiography


ha·gi·og·ra·phy

noun \-gē-ˈä-grə-fē, -jē-\

Definition of HAGIOGRAPHY

1
: biography of saints or venerated persons
2
: idealizing or idolizing biography
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Examples of HAGIOGRAPHY

  1. a hagiography about a famous politician
  2. The book gives a good idea of his virtues without resorting to hagiography.

First Known Use of HAGIOGRAPHY

1821

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with HAGIOGRAPHY

bibliography, choreography, iconography, lexicography, oceanography

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