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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Several biographies have been written about her.—
Christine Estima
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Most about sections read like unedited biographies.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In nonfiction, Slovak has edited memoirs by Elizabeth Gilbert, David Byrne, and Leslie Marmon Silko, and works of natural and cultural history by Robert Macfarlane, David George Haskell, and Rebecca Solnit.—
Paul Slovak
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Also starring Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy is based on a pair of memoirs by father and son David and Nic Sheff.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Hagiographies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiographies. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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