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expressionism collapse: an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality

understatement collapse: a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

falsification collapse: the act of determining that something is false; the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting; a willful perversion of facts

hypertrophy collapse: abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ; undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"

radicalism collapse: the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

dilation collapse: the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye"; a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic

overkill collapse: any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal; the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required

extremism collapse: any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

simile collapse: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

embellishment collapse: a superfluous ornament; elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

intemperance collapse: excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"; consumption of alcoholic drinks; the quality of being intemperate

overmuch collapse: very great in quantity; overabundant; "showed overmuch affection"; more than necessary; "she eats too much"; "let's not blame them overmuch"

magnification collapse: the act of expanding something in apparent size; the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object

ballyhoo collapse: blatant or sensational promotion; advertize noisily or blatantly

gluttony collapse: eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins); habitual eating to excess

excess collapse: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits; a quantity much larger than is needed; more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

caricature collapse: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect; represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

amplification collapse: (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current; addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed"; the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

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