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OVERSTATEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Making to seem more important than it really is
Synonyms:
exaggeration; magnification; overstatement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("overstatement" is a kind of...):
deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)
Antonym:
understatement (a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said)
Derivation:
overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)
