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Hagiography vs Autobiography - What's the difference?

hagiography | autobiography |

As nouns the difference between hagiography and autobiography

is that hagiography is (uncountable) the study of saints while autobiography is a self-written biography; the story of one's own life.

hagiography

English

(wikipedia hagiography)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The study of saints.
  • (countable) A biography of a saint.
  • (countable) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
  • (pejorative) A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.

    • See also

    * mash note * paean English words suffixed with -graphy

    autobiography

    English

    (wikipedia autobiography)

    Noun

  • A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
  • * (Samuel Clemens)
    • Autobiography
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter XI , passage=Here I was interrupted, as I'm so often interrupted when giving my views on the Yeoman's Wedding Song, by her saying that she was dying to hear all about it but would rather wait till she could get it in my autobiography .}}

    Synonyms

    * memoir

    Antonyms

    * heterobiography

    Derived terms

    * autobiographical, autobiographically

    Related terms

    * biography