hagiography

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/    美 /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/|/ˌheɪd͡ʒiˈɒɡɹəfi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of saints and the documentation of their lives. uncountable
    — The second half of the eleventh century saw a notable surge of interest in hagiography throughout England, which meant that many of the Anglo-Saxon saints of earlier eras were furnished, often for the first time, with a Latin Vita.
  2. A biography of a saint. countable
  3. A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject. broadly,countable
    — Churchill revisionism, of course, is almost as much of a cottage industry as Churchill hagiography.
  4. A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda. countable,derogatory,uncountable
    — For an obsequious hagiography of [William] Byrd, see L. Wright 1940. For a more critical assessment, see Lockridge 1987, 1992.

词形变化

hagiographies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
autohagiography hagiographer hagiographic
相关词
mash note paean

词源

Etymology tree
English hagio-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)
Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor.
French -graphieder.
English -graphy
English hagiography
From hagio- + -graphy.
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