overstatement - определение. Что такое overstatement
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Что (кто) такое overstatement - определение

EXAGGERATION AS RHETORICAL DEVICE
Overstatement; Hyperbolical; Hyperboles; Hypeicane

Overstatement         
·noun An exaggerated statement or account.
overstatement         
(overstatements)
If you refer to the way something is described is an overstatement, you mean it is described in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.
This may have been an improvement, but 'breakthrough' was an overstatement...
= exaggeration
? understatement
N-VAR
hyperbole         
[h??'p?:b?li]
¦ noun deliberate exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally.
Derivatives
hyperbolical adjective
hyperbolically adverb
hyperbolism noun
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk huperbole (see hyperbola).

Википедия

Hyperbole

Hyperbole ( (listen); adj. hyperbolic (listen)) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally 'growth'). In poetry and oratory, it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally.

Примеры употребления для overstatement
1. Shell, which is recovering from a reserves overstatement scandal, owns 55 percent of Sakhalin–2.
2. And all the people support the Taleban." That may be a bit of an overstatement.
3. To describe work on the project as jinxed is perhaps an overstatement, but it was certainly problematical.
4. Shell still suffers from a lack of investor confidence following the scandal over the company‘s overstatement of reserves.
5. So it is not an overstatement to say that these small–town tragedies touched everyone at least slightly.