hagiography

/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi/noun

उच्चारण हैगिऑग्रफ़ी

संत-चरित, संतों की जीवनी

Advanced word

nounhagiographies

1
[U, C]
the writing of the lives of saints, or a book about a saint's life
संत-चरित, संतों की जीवनी
- Medieval hagiography is full of miracle stories.
2
[C, U] disapproving
a book about a person's life that praises them too much
गुणगान भरी जीवनी, अतिप्रशंसात्मक जीवनी
- The new biography of the actor is pure hagiography.
- a hagiography of the company's founder
Opposite exposé critique

◇Word family

hagiographer nounhagiographic adjective

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Antonyms

⌂Word origin and word building

From Greek hagios, meaning 'holy', and -graphia, meaning 'writing'.

यह Greek के hagios (पवित्र) और -graphia (लेखन) से बना है।