Etymology
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From Latin exaggerātiō.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: ex‧ag‧ger‧a‧tion
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.
They say he's a millionnaire, but that's a massive exaggeration.
- A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
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Translations
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act of exaggerating
- Arabic: مُبَالَغَة (ar) f (mubālaḡa)
- Azerbaijani: mübaliğə, böyütmə, şişirtmə
- Belarusian: перабо́льшанне n (pjerabólʹšannje), перавялі́чванне n (pjeravjalíčvannje), перабо́льшванне n (pjerabólʹšvannje), перавелічэ́нне n (pjeravjeličénnje)
- Bengali: অতিরঞ্জন (bn) (otironjon)
- Bulgarian: преувеличе́ние (bg) n (preuveličénie)
- Catalan: exageració (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 誇大／夸大 (zh) (kuādà), 誇張／夸张 (zh) (kuāzhāng)
- Czech: přehánění n
- Danish: overdrivelse c
- Dutch: overdrijving (nl) f
- Estonian: liialdus (et)
- Finnish: liioittelu (fi)
- French: exagération (fr) f
- Galician: esaxeración (gl) f, exaxeración (gl) f
- Georgian: გაზვიადება (gazviadeba), გადამეტება (gadameṭeba), გადიდება (gadideba)
- German: Übertreibung (de) f
- Greek: υπερβολή (el) f (ypervolí)
- Ancient: ὑπερβολή f (huperbolḗ)
- Gujarati: અતિશયોક્તિ (atiśyokti)
- Hebrew: הגזמה (hagzama), ניפוח (nipúakh) (colloquial)
- Hindi: अतिशयोक्ति (hi) m (atiśyokti)
- Hungarian: túlzás (hu)
- Irish: áiféis f, áibhéil f
- Old Irish: spled
- Italian: esagerazione (it) f
- Ivatan: kapanatun
- Japanese: 過言 (ja) (かごん, kagon), 誇張 (ja) (こちょう, kochō), 誇大 (ja) (こだい, kodai)
- Kazakh: әсірелеу (äsıreleu)
- Korean: 과장(誇張) (ko) (gwajang)
- Ladino: guzmá
- Latin: superlātiō f
- Lun Bawang: foot
- Macedonian: преувеличување n (preuveličuvanje), претерување n (preteruvanje)
- Maori: tahuperatanga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: overdrivelse m
- Occitan: exageracion (oc) f
- Persian: غلو (fa) (ğolov), گترم (fa) (gotrom)
- Plautdietsch: Becht f
- Polish: przesada (pl) f
- Portuguese: exagero (pt) m
- Romanian: exagerare (ro)
- Russian: преувеличе́ние (ru) n (preuveličénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: преувеличавање n, претеривање n
- Roman: preuveličavanje n, pretiravanje n
- Slovak: preháňanie n
- Slovene: pretiravanje n
- Spanish: exageración (es) f
- Swedish: överdrift (sv) c
- Telugu: అతిశయోక్తి (te) (atiśayōkti)
- Turkish: abartı (tr), mübalağa (tr)
- Ukrainian: перебі́льшення n (perebílʹšennja), перебі́льшування n (perebílʹšuvannja)
- Uyghur: مۇبالىغە (mubalighe)
- Uzbek: mubolagʻa (uz)
- Volapük: tuükam (vo)
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