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
Hagey’s book, written with Altman’s cooperation, is less critical, but no hagiography.
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Tim Wu, New York Times, 19 May 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 isn’t a glossy hagiography but a complicated character study.
—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
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Tim Wu, New York Times, 19 May 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 isn’t a glossy hagiography but a complicated character study.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagiography
Noun
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Anyone who ever wants to write my biography will have his/her work cut out for her/him, since virtually no documentation or juvenilia exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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But a new biography on Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, titled Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, has not only brought his behavior back into the conversation, but revealed a lot of sordid details people didn’t know.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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He’s even written a Spanish-language memoir about his work, titled, appropriately, El Fixer.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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The release comes nearly two years after Spears released a memoir of her own, titled The Woman in Me.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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