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Overstatement

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable. countable, uncountable

    "The story he gave was something of an overstatement of the facts."

  2. 2
    making to seem more important than it really is wordnet
  3. 3
    The tendency to overstate. countable, uncountable

    "She had a knack for overstatement."

Etymology

From overstate + -ment or over- + statement.

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