Human speech would not be so rich if we did not use metaphors, hyperbolas, comparisons, terms and much, much more in it, which makes it much brighter, more diverse and meaningful. One of the concepts that we often unconsciously use in vocabulary is exaggeration.
ValueLet's see: "exaggerate" - what kind of action? When do we use it? It turns out that this is a kind of technique in the art of eloquence, which is used by sophists and demagogues to distract the main perception of the interlocutor from the course of events, information, and the image of the opponent. That is, a person begins to exaggerate the facts, deliberately distorting reality.
This technique is widely used by the media, for example, the so-called "yellow press". The specific presentation of the material, of course, affects the reader’s adequate assessment and forms precisely the opinion about the presented events and people that the customer needs. To exaggerate is an action that the media like to use, representing the presidential candidate (this is just an example) in an unflattering manner: they draw the audience’s attention to his mistakes, but not to the talents and competence in public administration.
This also applies to cases where newspapers, magazines and other media deliberately distort the facts from the life of celebrities in order to use their popularity to beat their intentions. This may be the propaganda of a diet or medication allegedly used by a famous person.
And what does it mean to exaggerate in an acting?
This is a kind of playing technique for the actors. It is as if the artist goes to extremes and intentionally with the help of facial expressions, laughter draws attention to the hero and reveals his character, suffering, hidden thoughts or expresses the main idea of the action. The exaggerated play of the actors was a conscious device in the 20s of the last century, when emotions and emotions were shown in this way. An example is the old silent movie, when actresses and actors deliberately wring their hands when expressing feelings, gesticulate pathetically, etc. They began to play realistically later, when it became a feature of modern art style.
Where did this word come from?
In general, “exaggerate” is a word that came to us from other languages. It comes from the Latin word "ultra", which translates as "through, over." In French and German, words that have this Latin root denote excessiveness, exaggeration, distortion, bloating.
The word is perfectly acceptable when it comes to boasting or bragging. It is as if a person is trying to give his personality more importance than he really deserves. In such a case, exaggerating is to act for show, deliberately exaggerating their talents and advantages.
We examined the concept of "exaggerate." The synonym for the word is "exaggerate." But this is the main meaning, in fact there are a lot of them:
- Too stress
- distort;
- brag;
- to embellish;
- to engrave;
- hyperbolize.
We hope that the article helped you deal with this interesting concept. Be eloquent!