pathography
noun
pa·thog·ra·phy pə-ˈthä-grə-fē 
: biography that focuses on a person's illnesses, misfortunes, or failures
also : sensational or morbid biography
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Pathographie, from patho- patho- + -graphie -graphy
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
pathographies
noun
as in psychobiographies
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- psychobiographies
- character sketches
- histories
- chronicles
- pasts
- tell-alls
- hagiographies
- obituaries
- stories
- autobiographies
- profiles
- biographies
- memoirs
- bios
- lives