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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Advertisement That story is neither hagiography nor hit job.
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Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
This dramatization of John F. Kennedy’s heroics during World War II was accused of hagiography when it was released, five months before Kennedy was shot in Dallas.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
Concert movies, especially ones like this that are essentially authorized by the artists, often skirt hagiography.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
Her subjects are just people on the day that will be their last; this is not hagiography.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
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Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
This dramatization of John F. Kennedy’s heroics during World War II was accused of hagiography when it was released, five months before Kennedy was shot in Dallas.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
Concert movies, especially ones like this that are essentially authorized by the artists, often skirt hagiography.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2024
Her subjects are just people on the day that will be their last; this is not hagiography.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Hagiography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiography. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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