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单词 hagiography
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hagiography in British English

(ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -phies
1. 
the writing of the lives of the saints
2. 
biography of the saints
3. 
any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject
Derived forms
hagiographic (ˌhæɡɪəˈɡræfɪk) or hagiographical (ˌhagioˈgraphical)
adjective

hagiography in American English

(ˌhægiˈɑgrəfi; ˌ heɪdʒiˈɑgrəfi)
nounWord forms: plural ˌhagiˈographies
1. 
a book or writing, or an assemblage of these, about the lives of saints
2. 
such books or writings as a field of study
Word origin
hagio- + -graphy

Examples of 'hagiography' in a sentence
hagiography

What drove him remains a mystery in a book that is more hagiography than biography.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Journalists who should know better than to write hagiography didn't.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That said, this is a work of pure hagiography.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This book is no hagiography.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was also pure hagiography.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is hagiography, not biography.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In fact, don't write a hagiography of him.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is biography, hagiography and social, religious and political history.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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