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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/03/10 21:54 UTC 版)
exaggeration (countable and uncountable, plural exaggerations)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/23 07:48 UTC 版)
Exaggeration is a representation of something in an excessive manner. The exaggerator has been a familiar figure in Western culture since at least Aristotle's discussion of the alazon: 'the boaster is regarded as one who pretends to have distinguished qualities which he possesses either not at all or to a lesser degree than he pretends...exaggerating'.