exaggeration

English

Etymology

From Latin exaggeratio

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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

Synonyms

• overstatement
• hyperbole

Translations

act of exaggerating

• Bengali: অতিরঞ্জন (bn)
• Bulgarian: преувеличение (bg) n (preuveličenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誇大 (cmn), 夸大 (cmn) (kuādà), 誇張 (cmn), 夸张 (cmn) (kuāzhāng)

• Czech: přehánění (cs) n
• Finnish: liioittelu (fi)
• French: exagération (fr) f
• German: Übertreibung (de) f
• Greek: υπερβολή (el) (ypervolí) f 
• Hindi: अतिशयोक्ति (Ati sha yokti)
• Italian: esagerazione (it) f

• Japanese: 過言 (ja) (かごん, kagon), 誇張 (ja) (こちょう, kochō), 誇大 (ja) (こだい, kodai)
• Korean: 과장 (ko) (gwajang) (誇張 (ko))
• Polish: przesada (pl) f
• Portuguese: exagero (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: exagerare (ro)
• Russian: преувеличение (ru) (preuveličénije) n 
• Spanish: exageración (es) f
• Turkish: abartı (tr)
• Volapük: tuükam (vo)