hagiographies

plural of hagiography
as in biographies
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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Noun
  • Nelson's possibly offhand claims to Cherokee ancestry, nevertheless, have been repeated in biographies without verification.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Photos of veterans and their biographies will be displayed at the center of the park and a color guard will open the event.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The book is on track to be one of the best-selling memoirs of this year.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • A lot of people write memoirs and either don’t think about, or forget, that people are going to read it.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Hagiographies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiographies. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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