exaggeration
(noun) the act of making something more noticeable than usual; “the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness”
exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
(noun) making to seem more important than it really is
hyperbole, exaggeration
(noun) extravagant exaggeration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From Latin exaggeratio
exaggeration (countable and uncountable, plural exaggerations)
The act of heaping or piling up.
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.
A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
• overstatement
• hyperbole
• trivialization
• understatement
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ag`ger*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exagération.]
1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of sand." Sir M. Hale.
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. No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. I. Taylor.
3. (Paint.)
Definition: A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
