Thesaurus results for HAGIOGRAPHY

hagiography

noun

as in biography

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 hagiography Super Nintendo, as the title suggests, is a hagiography. —

Alexander Kaplan, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 The hagiography continued even as a new generation of Latinos came of age not knowing anything about him other than an occasional school lesson or television segment. —

Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 But the documentary is an ungainly blend of ultra-earnest hagiography and trashy true-crime sensationalism, without being completely satisfying as either. —

Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026 This hagiography played a central role in his rapid canonization. —

Vanessa Corcoran, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hagiography

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Noun

The Washington Free Beacon, a right-leaning digital outlet, went beyond criticism of Kristof’s reporting to question the columnist’s biography and repeatedly published pieces about Kristof’s family members.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 15 June 2026
This does not strike me as the biography of someone who needs lectures on the nexus between the black freedom struggle and its import to the broader world.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026