Overemphasis

Synonyms for "overemphasis" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

aggrandizement amplification ballyhoo big talk blowing up burlesque caricature dilatation dilation enhancement enlargement

Strong matches (17)

exaggerating exaggeration excess exorbitance expansion extravagance extreme grandiloquence heightening huckstering hyperbole hyperbolism inflation inordinacy magnification overcarrying overdoing

Related words (27)

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values.

Source: tatoeba (5226035)

But it says there has been an overemphasis on programs of short-term stabilization over more long-term development and stability projects.

Source: tatoeba (11537791)

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