0 a way of describing something to give the impression that it is bigger, better etc than it really is; exaggeration -- nadsázka
The first hyperbole is thus collapsed into a continuum labelled ' type of initial language structure ' (p. 43).
But the best way to do that is surely not by uncritical hyperbole but by sympathetic and searching advocacy of the music.
The book continues the tradition of polarization through hyperbole that threatens to run developmental psycholinguistics into the ground.
It seems unable to communicate that an older person can have value and dignity without hyperbole.
The book strives for balance in covering what has become contested territory, but at times a tendency towards hyperbole has the opposite effect.
Such techniques as punning, oxymoron, and hyperbole are employed by ad-men to lure customers for their clients.
To make a convincing case, some use hyperbole.
The occasional tendency toward hyperbole is likely purposeful, attempting to sway a readership entrenched in the standard doctrine regarding hallucinations.
