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
Running Point is thinly veiled hagiography trying to pass itself off as a middling streaming series.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
In a music doc landscape pocked with overwrought hagiographies, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield does distinguish itself.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
This hagiography–or biography of a saint–was written in the late 600s.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2025
The twilight tributes included Pete Seeger The Power of Song (2007), an irresistible hagiography directed by Jim Brown for PBS’s American Master series.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
In a music doc landscape pocked with overwrought hagiographies, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield does distinguish itself.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
This hagiography–or biography of a saint–was written in the late 600s.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2025
The twilight tributes included Pete Seeger The Power of Song (2007), an irresistible hagiography directed by Jim Brown for PBS’s American Master series.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagiography
Noun
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His biography claims that Loyd also served in the U.S. Navy, on a tour during the Vietnam War.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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According to Shawn Levy’s 1996 biography of the comedian, publicist Joan O’Brien came up with the idea for the story in the early 1960s, then co-wrote a script with critic Charles Denton.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Regardless of distinctions between unifying the people and leading a nation, the imperial role is a stressful one. Before taking the throne, Naruhito penned a memoir about his longest time overseas.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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As the title of his new memoir — Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success — suggests, Jeff Hiller, 49, did not take the express bus to stardom.—
Lisa Tozzi,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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