1. a biography of a saint or venerated person, often emphasizing their virtues and spiritual significance
Usage: often used in religious or historical contexts
2. an idealizing or adulatory biography that glosses over faults or presents a subject in an unrealistically favorable light
Usage: often used critically or ironically

Examples

• The medieval hagiography described the saint's miracles and acts of charity.
• Critics dismissed the book as hagiography rather than serious historical analysis.
• Early Christian hagiographies were written to inspire devotion among believers.
• The author's hagiography of the political leader ignored his controversial decisions.
• Scholars distinguish between hagiography and objective biography when studying religious figures.
• This hagiography presents the entrepreneur as a visionary without acknowledging his failures.