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
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Nelson's possibly offhand claims to Cherokee ancestry, nevertheless, have been repeated in biographies without verification.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
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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
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The book is on track to be one of the best-selling memoirs of this year.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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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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