hagiographic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈhæɡioʊˌɡɹæfɪk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English hagio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English hagiography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hagiographic From hagiography + -ic.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to hagiography.
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:
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(broadly) Uncritically reverent; adulating.
“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.
2017 October 14, Tom Phillips, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Observer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more hagiographic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most hagiographic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hagiographically · nonhagiographic
Translations (8)
nl hagiografisch (of or pertaining to hagiography) · it agiografico (of or pertaining to hagiography) · de hagiografisch (of or pertaining to hagiography) · ca hagiogràfic (of or pertaining to hagiography) · pt hagiográfico (of or pertaining to hagiography) · fr hagiographique (of or pertaining to hagiography) · el αγιογραφικός (of or pertaining to hagiography) · es hagiográfico (of or pertaining to hagiography)