hagiography
pronunciation
How to pronounce hagiography in British English: UK [ˌhægiˈɒgrəfi]
How to pronounce hagiography in American English: US [ˌhægiˈɑgrəfi]
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- Noun:
- a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
Word Origin
- hagiography (n.)
- "sacred writing," especially of saints' lives, 1821, from hagio- "holy" + -graphy. Related: Hagiographic (1809); hagiographical (1580s); hagiographer (1650s).
Example
- 1. Pyongyang 's fawning hagiography not only grates , but is singularly unearned .
- 2. Mr spitz goes beyond mere history and provides a full , human portrait of julia . This is no hagiography : she could be prickly , stubborn and unsentimental to the point of coldness .