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hagiography n

Hagiography means idealizing biography of a saint or admired person. Explore the term's definition, IPA/phonetic pronunciation, and usage examples.

Definition of hagiography

  • idealizing biography of a saint or admired person

Usage examples of hagiography

The biography read like hagiography because it praised the senator as flawless and ignored every scandal.

A serious history of the founder should include his mistakes, not turn into hagiography about a perfect genius.

The article was less a balanced profile than a hagiography, treating the celebrity as almost saintly.

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