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Everything about Exaggeration
Statement that represents something in an excessive manner
Exaggeration is the representation of something as more extreme or dramatic than it is, intentionally or unintentionally. It can be a rhetorical device or figure of speech, used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ExaggerationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Worrisome Exaggeration of Activity of Electrocatalysts Destined for Steady-State Water Electrolysis by Polarization Curves from Transient TechniquesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Hyperbole in EnglishThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Greenwash vs. Brownwash: Exaggeration and Undue Modesty in Corporate Sustainability DisclosureCited 880 times
- Go sideways: HyperboleA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Factitious disorderA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The act of heaping or piling up.
Noun The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
Noun A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Greenwash vs. Brownwash: Exaggeration and Undue Modesty in Corporate Sustainability Disclosure
Use-Dependent Exaggeration of Neuronal Injury after Unilateral Sensorimotor Cortex Lesions
The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study
The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives: Exaggeration of Differences across the Political Spectrum
Averageness, Exaggeration, and Facial Attractiveness
Symptom Exaggeration by College Adults in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disorder Assessments
The report of my death was an exaggeration: A review for researchers using microsatellites in the 21st century
From Statistical Panic to Moral Panic: The Metadiscursive Construction and Popular Exaggeration of New Media Language in the Print Media
🆕 Influential since 2022
Worrisome Exaggeration of Activity of Electrocatalysts Destined for Steady-State Water Electrolysis by Polarization Curves from Transient Techniques
Empirical evidence of widespread exaggeration bias and selective reporting in ecology
Exaggeration in fake vs. authentic online reviews for luxury and budget hotels
Exaggeration of emotional responses in online communication
Individual differences in vocal size exaggeration
📚 Books worth reading
Hyperbole in EnglishClaudia Claridge · 2010
Cousin Ruth's ToothAmy MacDonald · 1996- 📕Le sens de la démesureJean-François Mattéi · 2009
Carving Facial ExpressionsIan Norbury · 1997- 📕Philosophie der ÜbertreibungAlexander García Düttmann · 2004
- 📕PHILOSOPHY OF EXAGGERATIONALEXANDER GARCIA DUTTMAN, Alexander García Düttmann · 2007
- 📕L'excèsGilles Bonnet · 2009
Hyperbole in EnglishClaudia Claridge · 2011
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