exaggeration
noun/ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin exaggerātiō.
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.
- Synonyms
- overstatement, hyperbole
- Antonyms
- trivialization, understatement
- Derived terms
- counterexaggeration, nonexaggeration, overexaggeration