hagiographer
/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfə(r)/noun
उच्चारण हैगिऑग्रफ़र
संत-चरित लेखक; अत्यधिक प्रशंसक जीवनीकार
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a person who writes the life of a saint; a person who writes about somebody in a way that praises them too much
संत-चरित लेखक; अत्यधिक प्रशंसक जीवनीकार
- an uncritical hagiographer
- Critics called the biographer a hagiographer who ignored every fault of his hero.
- The monk worked as a hagiographer and recorded the miracles attributed to the saint.
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- A medieval hagiographer often cared more about devotion than about facts.
- Reviewers accused the author of being a hagiographer rather than an honest biographer.
Synonyms biographer eulogist flatterer
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hag·i·og·ra·pher
With hagio- (holy).
hagio- (पवित्र) के साथ।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: hagiography also means a biography that praises somebody too much.
प्रयोग में hagiography का अर्थ अत्यधिक प्रशंसा करने वाली जीवनी भी है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a book about the life of a saint is a hagiography; the life story of a person written by somebody else a biography; written by oneself an autobiography; a person who writes biographies a biographer.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: संत के जीवन पर किताब hagiography; किसी और द्वारा लिखी व्यक्ति की जीवन-कथा biography; स्वयं लिखी autobiography; जीवनियाँ लिखने वाला biographer।