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Recent Examples of pathography
Seife is not committing pathography.
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James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathography
Noun
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The Loman family home isn’t depicted in a literal fashion but instead fluidly suggested in a warehouse space that allows the actors to move unfetteredly between past and present.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Two hundred and fifty years into the national experiment, however, this would mean that the future looks ever more like the distant past.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
Noun
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The Canes have absolutely torn through the Eastern Conference en route to their third Cup Final appearance in franchise history.—
Matt Reigle,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Haaland could make history as the first female Native American governor if she’s elected.—
Erin Cox,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Her bookcase displays her many publications: her psychobiography of the poet Robert Lowell, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and her books on suicide, on exuberance and on the connection between mania and artistic genius.—
Casey Schwartz,
New York Times,
22 May 2023
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First Freud’s patient in the 1920s, in 1930 Bullitt also became his collaborator, co-writing a dubious psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson.—
Patrick Blanchfield,
The New Republic,
1 Sep. 2022
Noun
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Back at home, Score starts with a rough character sketch of her protagonists and then fleshes out the scenes, writing in strict 25-minute increments.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2024 by the New York Times, this masterpiece of self-revelation chronicles the author’s gender transition in her late 60s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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McDougall’s chronicle ends in the current era.—
Marina Harss,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Ferrer’s memoirs are nuanced and deeply insightful, if sometimes a little too close to hagiography.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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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,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Pathography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathography. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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