hagiography
PRONUNCIATION:
(hag-ee-OG-ruh-fee, hay-jee-)
MEANING:
noun:1. A biography of a saint.
2. An uncritical biography, treating its subject with undue reverence.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek hagio- (holy) + -graphy (writing). A related word
is hagiocracy (a government by holy persons; also a place thus
governed).
USAGE:
"There's a whiff of hagiography in the sometimes sympathetic
portrayal of the gang. But then, one man's terrorist..."
