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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Recent Examples of hagiographies
Evaluations for top performers read as hagiographies.
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Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagiographies
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Despite varied biographies, top-of-the-ballot Democrats across New Jersey, Virginia and New York City each prevailed in contests before electorates who ranked the economy or cost of living as a top issue, according to exit polls conducted by ABC News.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2025
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There have been different depictions of Rosalind in various biographies.—
Deborah Unger,
Scientific American,
5 Nov. 2025
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Patti Smith wrote a new reflection on her life, a follow up to her other wildly popular memoirs, ten years in the making.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Soyinka’s body of work includes more than 20 plays, as well as essays, memoirs, poetry collections and fiction.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Hagiographies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiographies. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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