hagiographic

C2 Topic:Register & Style
US /ˈhæɡioʊˌɡɹæfɪk/
adj Freq #1131723

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Uncritically reverent; adulating.

    “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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Word family
Derived forms hagiographicallynonhagiographic

Etymology

From hagiography + -ic.

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