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exaggeration |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exaggeration \Ex*ag`ger*a"tion\, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf F. exag['e]ration.] 1. The act of heaping or piling up [Obs.] ``Exaggeration of sand.'' --Sir M. Hale. 2. 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. No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. --I. Taylor. 3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exaggeration n 1: extravagant exaggeration [syn: {hyperbole}] 2: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness" 3: making to seem more important than it really is [syn: {overstatement}, {magnification}] [ant: {understatement}]
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