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Exaggeration Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Exaggeration has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

extravagant exaggeration

2

the act of making something more noticeable than usual

"the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"

3

making to seem more important than it really is

4

The act of heaping or piling up.

Related Terms
Antonyms
understatement
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
trope increase misrepresentation
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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