Antonyms for overemphasis
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : oh-ver-em-fuh-sis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈɛm fə sɪs |
Definition of overemphasis
- As in sensationalism : noun exaggeration
- As in tall talk : noun exaggeration
- As in exaggeration : noun overstatement, embellishment
- I should be sorry to spoil my picture by the overemphasis of details.
- Extract from : « Germany and the Germans » by Price Collier
- There had, indeed, been no overemphasis in the words she had used!
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Jimmie Dale » by Frank L. Packard
- The Sunday school also sometimes offends in this respect by overemphasis on academic tasks for home work.
- Extract from : « Religious Education in the Family » by Henry F. Cope
- It is a manner full of exaggeration and overemphasis, but with some remarkable rhetorical qualities and a good deal of colour.
- Extract from : « Reviews » by Oscar Wilde
- You will find the result is that overemphasis which has brought such discredit upon the name of "elocution."
- Extract from : « Vocal Expression » by Katherine Jewell Everts
- In all dealing with this problem of young people, we must beware of overemphasis or exaggeration.
- Extract from : « Sex-education » by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
Synonyms for overemphasis
- aggrandizement
- amplification
- baloney
- boasting
- caricature
- coloring
- crock
- elaboration
- embroidery
- emphasis
- enlargement
- exaltation
- excess
- extravagance
- fabrication
- falsehood
- fancy
- fantasy
- figure of speech
- fish story
- flight of fancy
- hogwash
- hype
- hyperbole
- hyperbolism
- inflation
- jazz
- line
- magnification
- misjudgment
- misrepresentation
- overemphasis
- overestimation
- overstatement
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- puffery
- rant
- romance
- stretch
- tabloid journalism
- tall story
- untruth
- whopper
- yarn
- yellow journalism
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