Associations to the word «Overstatement»

Wiktionary

OVERSTATEMENT, noun. An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.
OVERSTATEMENT, noun. The tendency to overstate.

Dictionary definition

OVERSTATEMENT, noun. Making to seem more important than it really is.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke