auxesis

Noun

Meaning

A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

Source: Webster's dictionary

good spin amplification climax hyperbole amplificatio

understatement anticlimax catacosmesis merisis

development growth growing maturation ontogeny ontogenesis

heterauxesis tachyauxesis

auxanology auxanometer Auxerre auxetic auxetically auxeticity