pathography

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Recent Examples of pathography Seife is not committing pathography. James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
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Noun
  • This is complicity spurred on by a certain kind of Western readers desire to maintain their romantic image of Russia’s past without having to engage critical with Russia’s present.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • When Yuri goes missing, Silvia’s childhood trauma comes to the surface, forcing the woman to confront a still very much present past.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas did not discuss Mott’s extensive criminal history at a news conference Tuesday morning but noted that investigators were reaching out to his family and those who knew him seeking additional information about his motivations.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • With Montreal’s big win, this is the first time in PWHL history that the higher seed has won a playoff series.
    Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • This novel of exile and memory chronicles the life of Sufien, a Palestinian man displaced as a child by the Nakba, whose story unfolds across continents and encompasses entanglements with a broad range of characters.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Her compelling personal perspective on 40-plus years of post-Revolutionary Iran provides a chronicle of great hopes and even greater disappointments.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Super Nintendo, as the title suggests, is a hagiography.
    Alexander Kaplan, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026

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“Pathography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathography. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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