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hyperexaggerate en · VERB

Etymology

From hyper- + exaggerate.

Meanings

1. To exaggerate to an extreme degree.
   • You worry that working together undermines your myth of self-reliance, so you hyperexaggerate its value to mask the fear. 2018, Derek B. Miller, American By Day, page 97:
   • Learn to hyperexaggerate when describing a situation or story. 2009, Brian Luke Seaward, Managing Stress:
   • The first section examines a multimodal parodic performance that hyperexaggerates a quantitative bragging or boasting ritual, and then contrasts that with a normal voicing of more practical evaluation criteria. 2021, Kristin Enola Gilbert, Gregory Matoesian, Multimodal Performance and Interaction in Focus Groups, page 151:

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