Look up exaggeration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Exaggeration is the representation of something as more extreme or dramatic than it is, intentionally...

Vertical exaggeration (VE) is a scale that is used in raised-relief maps, plans and technical drawings (cross section perspectives), in order to emphasize...

Exaggeration postcards, also known as tall tale postcards, were postcards popular throughout North America, especially in the Great Plains region, during...

of exaggeration, employed by Disney, was to remain true to reality, just presenting it in a wilder, more extreme form. Other forms of exaggeration can...

this by his short visits to the country. The report of my death was an exaggeration. — Twain Twain lived in his later years at 14 West 10th Street in Manhattan...

Hyperbole (/haɪˈpɜːrbəli/ ; adj. hyperbolic /ˌhaɪpərˈbɒlɪk/ ) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes...

Dio's figures for the demographic consequences of the Bar Kokhba War: Exaggeration or reliable account?". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 34 (2): 585–607...

social commentary that is anything but funny. Satire often uses irony or exaggeration to expose faults in society or individuals that influence social ideology...

an explosion. 925 7-17 Exaggerating Camera! 大げさカメラ Doraemon uses an exaggeration camera and clicks many pictures of Nobita to shock Nobita's friends....

elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some tall tales are exaggerations of actual events, for example fish stories ("the fish that got away")...