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

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

The hagiography continued even as a new generation of Latinos came of age not knowing anything about him other than an occasional school lesson or television segment. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

But the documentary is an ungainly blend of ultra-earnest hagiography and trashy true-crime sensationalism, without being completely satisfying as either. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026

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