exaggeration
noun
the act of exaggerating or overstating.
overexaggeration
-
a word derived from
exaggeration.
Example Sentences
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But the suggestion there still seems to me to be like, well, there’s an overexaggeration about this guy’s monstrousness.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025
I walk in and I have this overexaggeration of puffing up so that I can exude this excellence because of all these preconceived notions from me and what I think other people think about me.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2020
This comes from fraud and deception, overexaggeration, puffery and insinuation.
From Time Magazine Archive
