Exaggeration word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "exaggeration" word

[noun] the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
[noun] making to seem more important than it really is
[noun] extravagant exaggeration

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\Ex*ag`ger*a"tion\, n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag['e]ration.] 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.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Synonyms for exaggeration

hyperbole, magnification, overstatement

Antonyms: understatement

Related terms: aggravation, cock-and-bull story, coloring, deepening, deformation, enhancement, extravagance, extremism, farfetched story, flight of fancy, garbling, ghost story, immoderacy, inordinacy, lie, misconstruction, monstrousness, overgrowth, overindulgence, overpass, overreaction, redoubling, reinforcement, rhetoric, stretching, style, stylistics, the plain style, trick, unconscionableness

The fun area, different aproach to word »exaggeration«

Let's analyse "exaggeration" as pure text. This string has Twelve letters in Five syllables and Six vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NOITAREGGAXE. Average typing speed for these characters is 3315 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: . -..- .- --. --. . .-. .- - .. --- -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: exaggeration: 5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 6 = 27, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: exaggeration: 5 + 6 + 1 + 7 + 7 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 63, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (2)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (2)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
X (1)	24	Queen of Wands	Dependent, Caring, Sensual, Loving

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