hagiographyEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishhagiography /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. – DERIVATIVES hagiographic /ˌhaɡiə(ʊ)ˈɡrafɪk , ˌheɪdʒiə(ʊ)ˈɡrafɪk / adjective hagiographical /ˌhaɡɪəˈɡrafɪk(ə)l/ adjective