lues Boswellianan.
/ˈl(j)uːiːz bɒzwɛlɪˈeɪnə//ˈl(j)uːiːz bɒzwɛlɪˈɑːnə/ A disease of admiration; a biographer's tendency to magnify his subject.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > action of exaggerating > by biographer
lues Boswelliana1834
1834 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 508 Biographers, translators, editors,—all, in short, who employ themselves in illustrating the lives or the writings of others, are peculiarly exposed to the Lues Boswellianæ, or disease of admiration.
1928 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 12/1 Once upon a time Macaulay complained of the furor biographicus or lues Boswelliana which makes biographies an orgy of praise.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Oct. 765/3 Though he decidedly comes to praise Caesar, not to bury him, he avoids any excessive lues Boswelliana.
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