hagiography

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 While the majority of the night’s material was expected hagiography, the pointed self-critique was a sober reminder that a lot of SNL does not hold up. Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2025 And unlike their American peers, who tend to lionize founders — think of all the hagiographies of Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, etc. Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 5 Feb. 2025 Straight-up hagiographies and hit jobs thankfully weren’t options. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025 That’s not to say this is a hagiography either. Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hagiography
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Noun
  • The wish is revealing—strange and sad, and haunting in ways the biography cannot quite accommodate.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The Defense Department at one point temporarily removed training videos recognizing the Tuskegee Airmen and an online biography of Jackie Robinson.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Based on Robert Evans’ 1994 memoir and narrated by the man himself, the film tells of the last, so far, of the old school, hands-on Hollywood producers, who oversaw the second golden age of Paramount Pictures from 1967 and 1974.
    Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In his memoir Source Code, Bill Gates explains a great deal about his early years.
    Jonathan Wai, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Hagiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiography. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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