hagiologist

A noun referring to a person who writes a worshipful or idealizing biography, often of saints or revered figures.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Person bezeichnet, die eine ehrfürchtige oder idealisierende Biografie verfasst, oft über Heilige oder verehrte Persönlichkeiten. Im weiteren Sinne auch ein Verfasser von Hagiografien oder ein idealisierender Biograf.

1. Author of an idealizing biography C2 formal

   A writer who composes a biography that is excessively admiring or uncritical, often glorifying the subject.

   • The hagiologist portrayed the king as flawless despite historical evidence of his flaws.
   • Many early saints' lives were written by hagiologists who focused on miracles rather than facts.
   • The biography was criticized for being the work of a hagiologist rather than an objective historian.
   • A skilled hagiologist can make a controversial figure seem saintly.

   🇩🇪Verfasser einer idealisierenden Biografie

   Synonyme: hagiographerpanegyrist

   Antonyme: criticmuckraker

• hagiologists plural form
• hagiologists' possessive plural form
• hagiologist's possessive singular form