exaggeration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of heaping or piling up.
The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

/ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ en-us-exaggeration.ogg

exaggeration exaggerations

From Latin exaggerātiō.

overstatement hyperbole

trivialization understatement

counterexaggeration nonexaggeration overexaggeration

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