different between hagiography vs hagiographic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (hágios, “holy”) + -?????? (-graphía, “writing”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?hæ?i?????fi/, /?he?d?i?????fi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hæ?i?????fi/
• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

hagiography (countable and uncountable, plural hagiographies)

1. (uncountable) The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.
2. (countable) A biography of a saint.
3. (countable) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
4. (derogatory) A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.

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See also

• mash note
• paean

English

Etymology

hagiography +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæ?io????æf?k/

Adjective

hagiographic (comparative more hagiographic, superlative most hagiographic)

1. Of or pertaining to hagiography.
   • 1987, Jean-Yves Girard, Linear Logic, in Theoretical Computer Science, 50, p.15

     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.

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