Noun exaggeration has 3 senses
  1. hyperbole, exaggeration - extravagant exaggeration
    --1 is a kind of trope, figure of speech, figure, image
    Derived form: verb exaggerate1
  2. exaggeration - the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"
    --2 is a kind of
    increase, step-up
    Derived forms: verb exaggerate2, verb exaggerate1
  3. exaggeration, overstatement, magnification - making to seem more important than it really is
    --3 is a kind of misrepresentation, deceit, deception
    Derived form: verb exaggerate1
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