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
This isn’t a glossy hagiography but a complicated character study.
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Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 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
Straight-up hagiographies and hit jobs thankfully weren’t options.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
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Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 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
Straight-up hagiographies and hit jobs thankfully weren’t options.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagiography
Noun
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Nancy Mitford, an outspoken Socialist, wrote bestselling biographies and comic novels, most famously The Pursuit of Love, which has never been out of print.—
Mimi Pond,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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According to Maraniss’ biography, the Dodgers tried to hide Clemente at Triple-A Montréal, and that winter the Pirates – run by former Dodgers executive Branch Rickey – had the first Rule 5 pick and took him.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In her fantastical museum—for this memoir is the Wind Museum of her musings, her attempt to present the stormy atmosphere of the planet—moving air has been ingeniously captured and made into a kind of aural kaleidoscope of voices and sound.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Now eight years sober, Sheen is reflecting on his turbulent past in his new memoir, The Book of Sheen, and a two-part Netflix documentary titled aka Charlie Sheen.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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