exaggeration

Noun
  1. Extravagant exaggeration (synset 107121187)
    is a type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
    same as: hyperbole
  2. The act of making something more noticeable than usual (synset 100368378)
    "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
    is a type of: increase, step-up - the act of increasing something
  3. Making to seem more important than it really is (synset 106771546)
    is a type of: deceit, deception, misrepresentation - a misleading falsehood
    same as: magnification, overstatement

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