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Hagiography vs Encomium - What's the difference?

hagiography | encomium |

As nouns the difference between hagiography and encomium

is that hagiography is (uncountable) the study of saints while encomium is warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

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

    encomium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
  • * 1763 , (Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz), History of Louisiana'' (1763 tr. of ''L'Histoire de la Louisiane , 1758) (PG), p. 39
  • *:I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums . —
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    • "I never seen their like," was Lassiter's encomium , "an' in my day I've seen a sight of horses.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter X , passage=I am, you will agree, mature, and in my earlier days I won no little praise for my skill at hunt-the-slipper. I remember one of the hostesses whose Christmas parties I attended comparing me to a juvenile bloodhound. An extravagant encomium , of course, but that is what she said.}}
  • (rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
  • (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
  • The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
  • (literature) A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.

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