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hagiography

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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 The current administration is engaged in an effort to bowdlerize American history, stripping away complexity in favor of easy myth and hagiography, not to mention the attempt to whitewash more recent events. — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026 Ferrer’s memoirs are nuanced and deeply insightful, if sometimes a little too close to hagiography. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026 Today’s stars go to war with haters, but Dylan takes aim at venerators, seeking to jam the gears of a hagiography machine that’s been clanking and wheezing since 1962. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Super Nintendo, as the title suggests, is a hagiography. — Alexander Kaplan, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hagiography

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Four biographies were published in 1974 alone, and several more have been released in the years since.

— Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
In addition to the biographies, Marsh collected his reviews and essays in a number of volumes, including Fortunate Son and Kick Out the Jams.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026

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News that Nikki Finke had left behind a memoir — and that her estate was seeking a publisher — had half of Hollywood hyperventilating into their Erewhon shopping bags last week.

— Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Chapek’s memoir recounts his formative years growing up in small-town Indiana, where he was raised by his mother and WWII-veteran father.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

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