Meaning & use
hagiography
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A biography that idealizes or excessively praises its subject, originally referring to the life of a saint.
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The unauthorized biography was a refreshing change from the hagiography usually written about the singer.
Historians criticized the documentary as hagiography rather than honest reporting.
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Now commonly used outside religious contexts, often critically, to describe writing that flatters its subject instead of assessing them fairly.
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