overstatement
nounEtymology From overstate + -ment or over- + statement.
1
An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
- The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts.
- It would hardly be an overstatement to describe Drummond's next design as an outstanding British locomotive class, and possibly his masterpiece.1951 November, David R. Webb, “The Drummond 4-4-0 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 774:
2
The tendency to overstate.
- She had a knack for overstatement.
- Synonyms
- exaggeration, hyperbole
- Related terms
- understatement