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单词 Catastrophise
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Catastrophise

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Exaggeration

Fishing stories are often associated with exaggeration. Rabelais' Pantagruel got a sea serpent when fishing.
Charicature from 1796, parodizing the fashion of one or two feathers issuing vertically from a woman's headdress, as are also women's neo-classically influenced gown styles (rather new in England in 1796), and men's ultra-tight trousers (or
The Captain uses bravado and excessive shows of manliness to hide his true cowardly nature.
Hamlet, by William Morris Hunt.

Exaggeration is a representation of something in an excessive manner. The exaggerator has been a familiar figure in Western culture since at least Aristotle's discussion of the alazon: 'the boaster is regarded as one who pretends to have distinguished qualities which he possesses either not at all or to a lesser degree than he pretends...exaggerating'.

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