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Categories: Public relations techniques, Diversionary tactics, English-language idioms, Deception, Defence mechanisms

exaggeration overstatement magnification A stretch Awfulisation

Making to seem more important than it really is WordNet 3.0

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Making to seem more important than it really is WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Exaggeration is the representation of something as more extreme or dramatic than it in fact is. Wikipedia

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. Wiktionary

Act of exaggerating. Wiktionary (translation)

An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. Wiktionary

The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts. Wiktionary

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hyperbole

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

exaggeration, overstatement, magnification

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exaggeration

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exaggeration

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exaggeration, overstatement

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A stretch, Awfulisation, Awfulise, Awfulising, Awfulization, Awfulize, awfulizing, catastrophisation, Catastrophise, Catastrophising, catastrophization, catastrophize, catastrophizing, exaggerate, exaggerated, exaggeratedly, exaggerates, exaggerating, exaggerations, Lay it on thick, Laying it on thick, magnification (psychology), Over play, Over playing, Over react, Over reacting, Overplay, Overplaying, Overreact, Overreacting, Overstate, overstatement, Overstating, Stretch the truth, stretching the truth, Terriblisation, Terriblise, Terriblising, Terriblization, Terriblize, Terriblizing