pathography

[ puh-thog-ruh-fee ]

noun

, plural pa·thog·ra·phies.

1. a biography that focuses on the negative elements of its subject.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pathography¹

1910–20 for an earlier sense; popularized by Joyce Carol Oates, U.S. writer

Example Sentences

It would be futile to delude ourselves that at present, readers find every pathography unsavory.

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