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
  • Xavier follows the number to a shelf of biographies, including those about Frank Sinatra.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Personal writing, like biographies and memoirs, aren’t going away anytime soon.
    Big Think, Big Think, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Ex-haredim such as Shalom Auslander are writing remarkable memoirs and novels.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Several climbers who survived the storm wrote memoirs about their experience on the mountain.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Hagiographies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiographies. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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