pathography

noun

pa·​thog·​ra·​phy pə-ˈthä-grə-fē 

: biography that focuses on a person's illnesses, misfortunes, or failures

also : sensational or morbid biography

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Pathographie, from patho- patho- + -graphie -graphy

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pathography

• arthrography
• biography
• cartography
• cosmography
• cryptography
• demography
• discography
• echography
• ethnography
• filmography
• geography
• hydrography