Definitions
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- noun An
autobiography of asaint . - noun pejorative An autobiography that flatters the subject.
Etymologies
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Examples
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An "autohagiography" is defined here as a book-length paean to oneself.
Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011
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An "autohagiography" is defined here as a book-length paean to oneself.
Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011
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To fully appreciate the self-congratulatory excess of the autohagiography, one must set aside whatever time it takes to read its unexpurgated title, as I have done with this and all other books mentioned herein.
Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011
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Early reviews, interviews and excerpts indicate that Tpaw's tome tracks the standard elements of the autohagiography.
Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011
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To fully appreciate the self-congratulatory excess of the autohagiography, one must set aside whatever time it takes to read its unexpurgated title, as I have done with this and all other books mentioned herein.
Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011
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Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty entered the fray last week with a pander trifecta while on tour hyping his new autohagiography.
Michael Sigman: Pander-monium Breaks Out Among 2012 GOP Hopefuls Michael Sigman 2011
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Early reviews, interviews and excerpts indicate that Tpaw's tome tracks the standard elements of the autohagiography.
Michael Sigman: Tpaw and the Campaign 'Autohagiography' Michael Sigman 2011
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In Going Rogue, her ghost-written autohagiography, Sarah modestly purports to having had mixed feelings about making Frank's list because she "didn't know if there'd be room for one more maverick on Capitol Hill."
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The power of autohagiography -- how to make it, shape it and use it -- has been his message and the source of his appeal from his first campaign.
Barack Obama at the University of Chicago Law School. Ann Althouse 2008
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This is the truth evaded in Tony Blair's autohagiography.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word autohagiography
JM hates the concept of autohagiography and suggests that its proponents get someone else’s life.
September 5, 2009