exaggeration: Meaning and Definition of

ex•ag•ger•a•tion

Pronunciation: (ig-zaj"u-rā'shun), [key]
— n.
  1. the act of exaggerating or overstating.
  2. an instance of exaggerating; an overstatement: His statement concerning the size of his income is a gross exaggeration.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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