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February 12, 2025

Word of the Day: Hagiography

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Word of the Day
: February 12, 2025

\hag-ee-AH-gruh-fee\ noun

What It Means

Hagiography is biography that idealizes or idolizes a person and their life.

// The book gives a good idea of his virtues without resorting to hagiography.

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