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hagiographies

noun

plural of hagiography

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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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Recent Examples of hagiographies Their lives were recorded in the form of hagiographies, stories of the saints, often ornamented with folkloric motifs, focusing on marvelous adventures and miraculous doings. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 Some of the hagiographies of Francis were written shortly after his death in 1226. — Vanessa Corcoran, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026 To say that Melania is a hagiography would be an insult to hagiographies. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026 Evaluations for top performers read as hagiographies. — Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025

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Books went deeper, whether through biographies about the lives of coaches and athletes or narratives of memorable seasons that detailed the construction of championship squads.

— Alex Volonte, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
The latter outlet noted that Maimiti and Raiatua had not been previously mentioned in Brando’s biographies and were 28 and 23 when the On the Waterfront star died in 2004.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

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But fiction and memoirs focusing on gender identity and LGBTQ+ issues have increasingly become targets of censorship, abetted by right-wing parental rights groups like Moms for Liberty.

— Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
Unlike many memoirs, Material Evidence will not follow a chronological format.

— Mariel Turner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

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