Definition of Exaggiration
Ex*ag`ger*a"tion (?), n. [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.) A representation of things
beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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