exaggeration
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3.0
- noun
- /ɪɡˌzædʒ.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
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exageración
- The trial process can do a pretty good job of exposing exaggeration and concealment.
- say without exaggeration
- much of an exaggeration
- only a slight exaggeration
Often you'll find the thought is an exaggeration or outright false.
- Often you'll find the thought is an exaggeration or outright false.
- And for my father, embellishing or slight exaggeration was like a death blow.
- Not no exaggeration, that hot sauce two weeks Max.
- Now this is certainly an exaggeration, but this has been my motto for years.
- You've been a huge part of that, without exaggeration.
- Without any exaggeration, this sorrow and suffering are indescribable.
- I was sent one other Mac Tonight themed thing and it is, no exaggeration, too distressing to show on TV.
- There's really been an exaggeration of certainty about the belief in these interventions.
- And I go, well, there's lying by withholding information, There's lying through storytelling, changing details, exaggeration.
- He's been prone to exaggeration and lie and just kind of freelancing things and, and, and no one really cares.
Examples
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- It's an exaggeration of the truth.
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It's not an exaggeration to say that we're living in an ecological apocalypse.
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So that might be an exaggeration, but not much of one.
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I think it is no exaggeration to say that this accident changed her life.
Academic text (1993) -
Second night was without any exaggeration, the most painful experience of my life.
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It's really no exaggeration to call mass incarceration the civil rights issue of our time.
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- That's a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?
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Without any exaggeration, this sorrow and suffering are indescribable.
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Well, maybe that's an exaggeration, but the child's alive and has to be educated.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's no exaggeration to say that this movie was one of the best I've ever seen.
Synonyms
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6.4
A statement that says something is much bigger or worse than it is to make a point
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4.4
Saying something is more important or serious than it really is
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5.7
A judgment that something is bigger or more important than it really is
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5.9
Making something seem more important than it really is
To use exaggerated words or statements that are not meant to be taken literally
A statement that says something is better than it really is
Antonyms
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5.6
Saying something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, or bad than it really is
How Exaggerated
Surface Forms
Morphology
exaggeration = exaggerate (transparent) = exaggerate + ion
Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ion' to the verb 'exaggerate', a straightforward and productive derivation.
Etymology
The word exaggeration comes from Latin parts ex- ('out') and agger ('heap'). Imagine someone 'piling up' details until the story looks bigger than it really is, and that is why an exaggeration is an overstatement.