HAGIOGRAPHY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hagiography" is a kind of...):

biography; life; life history; life story (an account of the series of events making up a person's life)

Derivation:

hagiographer (the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography)

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