as in biography
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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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Twain therefore presents a tantalizing challenge for literary biography: to explain how someone able to spot and depict frailties of conscience, character, and judgment in others could be so powerless to correct them in himself.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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Ron Chernow writes books about men of great ambition ranging from President Ulysses S. Grant to financier J.P. Morgan — his biography of Alexander Hamilton inspired the long-running Broadway musical — and is an expert chronicler of fame’s highs and lows.—
Mary Ann Gwinn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
Noun
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One of the latest celebs to release a memoir is Tina Knowles.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
15 May 2025
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Bono laid bare his transformation from Dublin lad Paul Hewson into a global rock star and human rights crusader in his memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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“Hagiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiography. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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