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exaggeration

[ig-zaj-uh-rey-shuhn]

noun

the act of exaggerating or overstating.

an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement: His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin exaggerātiōn- (stem of exaggerātiō), equivalent to exaggerāt(us) (see exaggerate) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

non·ex·ag·ger·a·tion, noun

o·ver·ex·ag·ger·a·tion, noun

self-ex·ag·ger·a·tion, noun

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Example Sentences

It also represents an exaggeration of the president's military role.

Dean's statement is a combination of exaggeration and wordplay.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it could happen again if governments fail to act.

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It also represents an exaggeration of the president's military role.

Dean's statement is a combination of exaggeration and wordplay.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it could happen again if governments fail to act.

But the number, he adds, was likely an exaggeration.

The transgressions ranged from intentional exaggeration to flat-out fibs.

But there's also a good deal of exaggeration to the myth.

It's no exaggeration to say that the iPhone is the best web-browsing smartphone ever.

IT would be an exaggeration to say there is a new bull market in gold.

The scientists say that's a big exaggeration resting on flimsy definitions.

There are, however, some grounds for suspecting a degree of exaggeration.

When someone uses exaggeration they have more of a desire to push agenda than reflect science.

As with many companies in the defense field, their science is fine but their marketing department may be prone to exaggeration.

So writing fails to be an exaggeration only if to call it such would be a gross understatement.

Actually, these days that is a bit of an exaggeration.

By quoted company standards, that is an exaggeration.

Coincidentally there are drugs to treat exaggeration and denial problems.

It's no exaggeration to say that algorithms will write much of the news for us in the future, as indeed they already do today.

It was extremely glamorous, and it was exaggeration.

It is no exaggeration to insist that our common future depends on bridging the gap between academe and the broader society.

Although some markets have bounced back, it would be an exaggeration to say that they have recovered their poise.

The climate of exaggeration and hype made it easy for sober-minded observers to dismiss the new economy.

Exaggeration for creative people moves them forward.

Exaggeration of the defects of your opponent's case appears obligatory.

My description of the budget debate is in no way an exaggeration.

If there was any exaggeration ever it is about exchange rate.

They actually treat their customers as nuisance if not as hostile intruders, with some exaggeration here.

He was aware of environmental scientists tendency toward exaggeration.

So here they came: droves would hardly be an exaggeration.

It does however fall prey to some sloppiness and exaggeration.

The urge to slip in embellishments or heighten a dramatic arc through exaggeration can.

Okay, so there may be some exaggeration here on my part.

It would be an exaggeration to say that diplomacy will never be the same again.

All sides of the many arguments are guilty of using exaggeration and falsehoods to advance an opinion.

Above all, the exaggeration of the population explosion leads to a form of misanthropy that comes dangerously close to fascism.

Reports are now surfacing of exaggeration and clear falsehoods by other various organizations as wellThis shows.

Well, there's some exaggeration in this, but only a bit.

It may not be an exaggeration to say that in new residential.

None of this is metaphorical or an exaggeration in any way.

The antic fizz and theatrical exaggeration of his earlier work have blossomed into a newly sophisticated.

Hyperbole is defined as obvious and intentional exaggeration.

Despite the somewhat exaggeration scope of these findings.

Bush is having with the legitimate critics of this war stems from his consistent exaggeration on this point.

Although it would be an exaggeration to call this article untrue, the report covers far less than half of the story.

It won t be exaggeration to believe that light and time was created simultaneously.

Walsh resist all the obvious temptations to histrionic exaggeration.

Irresponsible witholding of information and ridiculous exaggeration of risk and outcome seem to be two sides of the same coin.

It would be an exaggeration to say it has shifted back, but some reconcentration is definitely going.

But it is no exaggeration to say that no progress at all has been made in the accuracy of forecasts.

It may be an exaggeration, but it is the exaggeration of an honest and splendid writer.

Alaïa skillfully used exaggeration and compression to shape the silhouette of a.

It would be an exaggeration to cast the weekend's results as an important racial story.

Langford, more with exaggeration than a firm handle on the facts.

Demara's wild exploits will recognize that the film is not a harebrained exaggeration of the facts.

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World English Dictionary

exaggerate (ɪɡˈzædʒəˌreɪt)

—vb
1.	to regard or represent as larger or greater, more important or more successful, etc, than is true
2.	(tr) to make greater, more noticeable, etc, than usual: his new clothes exaggerated his awkwardness

[C16: from Latin exaggerāre to magnify, from aggerāre to heap, from agger heap]

ex'aggeratingly

—*adv*

exagger'ation

—n

ex'aggerative

—*adj*

ex'aggeratory

—*adj*

ex'aggerator

—n

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Word Origin & History

exaggeration

1560s, from L. exaggerationem, noun of action from exaggerare (see exaggerate).

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