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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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.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
While the majority of the night’s material was expected hagiography, the pointed self-critique was a sober reminder that a lot of SNL does not hold up.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2025
Review Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews January/February 2025 Published on January 7, 2025
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John Lewis: A Life
By David Greenberg
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Greenberg manages to avoid hagiography in telling the story of an exemplary life.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
To further the hagiography, the script flubs its own plot points.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2025
While the majority of the night’s material was expected hagiography, the pointed self-critique was a sober reminder that a lot of SNL does not hold up.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2025
Review Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews January/February 2025 Published on January 7, 2025
In This Review
John Lewis: A Life
By David Greenberg
Print
Save
Greenberg manages to avoid hagiography in telling the story of an exemplary life.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
To further the hagiography, the script flubs its own plot points.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for hagiography
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