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noun Rhetoric .1.obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2.an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as "to wait aneternity."
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Origin:
1520-30; < Greek hyperbolḗ excess, exaggeration, throwing beyond, equivalent to hyper- hyper- + bolḗthrow
Synonyms
2. overstatement.
Antonyms
2. understatement.
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