Hagiographic

//ˈhæɡioʊˌɡɹæfɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to hagiography.

    "But the stakes are clearly higher than in the hagiographic viewpoint expressed in [Girard, 1971] and a change of syntax (as the one coming from linear logic) may occur from disturbing semantics."

  2. 2
    Uncritically reverent; adulating. broadly

    "“Chairman Xi is a world leader. His book on governance has sold out in many countries across the world,” Zhong gushed, parroting the unashamedly hagiographic bulletins in which the party news agency Xinhua excels."

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chronologicalhistoricallegendarynecrologicnecrologicaltraditional

Example

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"The document was, unfortunately, hagiographic propaganda."

Etymology

From hagiography + -ic.

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