hyperbole

Summary

hyperbole is a rhetorical device^[1]. hyperbole draws 1,888 Wikipedia views per month (rhetorical_device category, ranking #2 of 14).^[2]

Key Facts

• hyperbole's instance of is recorded as rhetorical device^[3].
• hyperbole's instance of is recorded as stylistic device^[4].
• hyperbole is a type of catastrophizing^[5].
• hyperbole is a type of figure of speech^[6].
• hyperbole's Commons category is recorded as Hyperbole^[7].
• hyperbole's said to be the same as is recorded as catastrophizing^[8].
• hyperbole is the opposite of understatement^[9].
• hyperbole's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• hyperbole's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• hyperbole's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic^[12].
• hyperbole's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• hyperbole's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8^[14].
• hyperbole's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[15].
• hyperbole's different from is recorded as hyperbola^[16].
• hyperbole's uses is recorded as catastrophizing^[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include rhetorical device^[3] and stylistic device^[4]. Recorded subclass of include catastrophizing^[5] and figure of speech^[6]. hyperbole is the opposite of understatement^[9].

Why It Matters

hyperbole draws 1,888 Wikipedia views per month (rhetorical_device category, ranking #2 of 14).^[2] hyperbole has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] hyperbole is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]