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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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When Leo breaks his leg and Pia is allowed into the wider world to take over his shady delivery business, Pia begins to ask questions about her family’s past and the secrets her father may be hiding.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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With his car in the shop, Audrey drives Eli to work and school and the two grow closer as Audrey comes to grips with an abusive childhood and Eli wrestles with his shady past.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Musk has a history of overpromising technological advance timelines.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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In New York, the state has completed one of the largest Medicaid transformations in its history, overhauling the home health care system precisely because of the accountability failures and fraud vulnerabilities now commanding national attention.—
Miki Kapoor,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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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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Taking either path never appealed to Mann, who was determined to deliver justice to Short in his compassionate chronicle of her brief life.—
Nathan Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Soft-spoken, optimistic and resilient, Wyatt published and edited The Villager, a weekly chronicle of East Austin and its people.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Like many a real music documentary, The Moment eventually treads into the realm of hagiography.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Across a dozen episodes, the series contextualizes Kuti’s importance in post-colonial Nigeria—and beyond—without slipping into hagiography.—
Benjamin Cannon,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Pathography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathography. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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