exaggeration

Borrowed from Latin exaggerātiō.

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: ex‧ag‧ger‧a‧tion

exaggeration (countable and uncountable, plural exaggerations)

1. The act of heaping or piling up.
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.

   They say he's a millionnaire, but that's a massive exaggeration.

3. A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

• overstatement
• hyperbole

• trivialization
• understatement