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hagiography

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hagiography /ˌhaɡiˈɒɡrəfi /
noun [mass noun] the writing of the lives of saints.
[count noun] a biography that treats its subject with undue reverence:
a hagiography which is designed to serve a political agenda
[mass noun] the result is not hagiography but a fitting monument to a giant of 20th-century music.
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hagiographic /ˌhaɡiə(ʊ)ˈɡrafɪk , ˌheɪdʒiə(ʊ)ˈɡrafɪk / adjective
hagiographical /ˌhaɡɪəˈɡrafɪk(ə)l/ adjective