hagiographic
English
Etymology
hagiography + -ic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhæɡioʊˌɡɹæfɪk/
Adjective
hagiographic (comparative more hagiographic, superlative most hagiographic)
- 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.
- 1987, Jean-Yves Girard, Linear Logic, in Theoretical Computer Science, 50, p.15
- (by extension) Uncritically reverent; adulating.
- 2017 October 14, Tom Phillips, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Observer:
- “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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Translations
of or pertaining to hagiography
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