Synonyms of 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

Related Words

• biography
• memoir
• autobiography
• bio
• life
• psychobiography
• story
• history
• chronicle
• past
• obituary
• tell-all
• pathography
• profile
• character sketch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hagiography

Renzi didn’t approach the project as hagiography. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 June 2026

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

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