exaggeration
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exaggeration
- /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun exaggerations
- 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. They say he's a millionnaire, but that's a massive exaggeration.
- A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
Similar: overstatement, hyperbole · Opposite: trivialization, understatement
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: magnification, overstatement, hyperbole, stretch, overkill, excess, hype, overreaction, excessive, rearing, extremism, embellishment, amplification, overemphasis, caricature, blowing-up
noun
Similar: overstatement, hyperbole · Opposite: trivialization, understatement
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noun act of exaggerating
| Español | exageración |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 과장 gwajang |
| 日本語 | 過言 kagon, 誇張 kochō, 誇大 kodai |
| 中文 | 誇大 /夸大 kuādà, 誇張 /夸张 kuāzhāng |
| हिन्दी | अतिशयोक्ति atiśyokti |
| Português | exagero |
| Français | exagération |
| Deutsch | Übertreibung |
| Italiano | esagerazione |
| Ελληνικά | υπερβολή ypervolí |
| Română | exagerare |
| Русский | преувеличе́ние preuveličénije |
| العربية | مُبَالَغَة mubālaḡa |
| עברית | הגזמה hagzama, ניפוח nipúakh |
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title = {exaggeration},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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