See hyperbole on Wiktionary
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"text": "The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. ..People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It's an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.",
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"feminine"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
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"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"word": "hiperbolo"
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"lang": "Galician",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "ჰიპერბოლა"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "gazviadeba",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "გაზვიადება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadameṭeba",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "გადამეტება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadideba",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "გადიდება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypervolí",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "υπερβολή"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "huperbolḗ",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὑπερβολή"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "atiśyokti",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "અતિશયોક્તિ"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "atyukti",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "túlzás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "nagyítás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
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},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwajang",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "과장"
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{
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"lang": "Latin",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "la",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "kupu whakapehapeha"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"code": "es",
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"feminine"
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"lang": "Swedish",
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "sawig"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "อติพจน์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "rhetorical device",
"word": "อธิพจน์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "cy",
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"feminine"
],
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"(geometry) hyperbola"
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"sciences"
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"name": "desc"
}
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"name": "desctree"
}
],
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"1": "ru",
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}
],
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