hagiography

Word family nounhagiarchyhagiocracyHagiographahagiographerhagiographisthagiographyhagiolaterhagiolatryhagiologisthagiologyhagioscopeadjectivehagiographichagiologichagioscopic

Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing

hag·i·og·ra·phy /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi $ -ˈɑːɡ-/ noun (plural hagiographies) [countableC, uncountableU]

1. TCNa book about the lives of saints 圣徒传记

2. TCNa book about someone that praises them too much 溢美[理想化]的传记

Examples from the Corpus

hagiography• Presenting a very sanitized view of Pitt's career, the film ends up a hagiography of Churchill.• But soon the facts crowd in and the film spirals into hagiography.• Closer to such history in terms of the narrative skill required is hagiography.• Along with the national myth comes a rich tradition of hagiography.• For the rest of the programme was sheer hagiography.

Origin hagiography

(1800-1900) Greek hagios “holy” + English -graphy

单词	hagiography
释义	hagiography Word family nounhagiarchyhagiocracyHagiographahagiographerhagiographisthagiographyhagiolaterhagiolatryhagiologisthagiologyhagioscopeadjectivehagiographichagiologichagioscopic Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing hag·i·og·ra·phy /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi $ -ˈɑːɡ-/ noun (plural hagiographies) [countableC, uncountableU] 1. TCNa book about the lives of saints 圣徒传记 2. TCNa book about someone that praises them too much 溢美[理想化]的传记 Examples from the Corpus hagiography• Presenting a very sanitized view of Pitt's career, the film ends up a hagiography of Churchill.• But soon the facts crowd in and the film spirals into hagiography.• Closer to such history in terms of the narrative skill required is hagiography.• Along with the national myth comes a rich tradition of hagiography.• For the rest of the programme was sheer hagiography. Origin hagiography (1800-1900) Greek hagios “holy” + English -graphy
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