hagiographic

adj
/ˈhæɡioʊˌɡɹæfɪk/

Etymology

From hagiography + -ic.

  1. derived from -γραφία
  2. formed as hagiography — “hagio- + -graphy
  3. suffixed as hagiographic — “hagiography + ic

Definitions

  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. Uncritically reverent

    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.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for hagiographic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA