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hagiography

noun

NAmE//ˌhæɡiˈɑɡrəfi//

, NAmE//ˌheɪɡiˈɑɡrəfi//

, NAmE//ˌheɪdʒiˈɑɡrəfi//

(pl. hagiographies) [countable, uncountable] (formal)

a book about the life of a person that praises them too much; this style of writing

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