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overestimation
noun as in exaggeration
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noun as in miscalculation
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noun as in misestimate
noun as in misestimation
noun as in misjudgment
noun as in misreckoning
noun as in mistake
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noun as in tall talk
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- aggrandizement
- amplification
- baloney
- boasting
- caricature
- crock
- elaboration
- embroidery
- enlargement
- exaltation
- excess
- extravagance
- fabrication
- falsehood
- fancy
- fantasy
- figure of speech
- fish story
- flight of fancy
- hogwash
- hyperbole
- hyperbolism
- inflation
- jazz
- line
- magnification
- misjudgment
- misrepresentation
- overemphasis
- overstatement
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- rant
- romance
- stretch
- tall story
- untruth
- whopper
- yarn
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Example Sentences
When woman became property, a possession, the overestimation of her sexual value began.
Parrish has explained all sporadic cases of overestimation as due to the optical illusion carried over in visualization.
In the case of interval A the error is one of underestimation in twenty-seven cases; in none is it an error of overestimation.
In the case of interval B the error is one of overestimation in seventeen instances, of underestimation in two.
Overestimation of the interval following the louder sound appears by no means invariable.
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On this page you'll find 238 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overestimation, such as: baloney, excess, fabrication, falsehood, fantasy, and hyperbole.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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