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overmagnifying

overmagnifying is the present participle and gerund of overmagnify.

Meaning of overmagnify

Verb

overmagnify (third-person singular simple present overmagnifies, present participle overmagnifying, simple past and past participle overmagnified)

  1. To magnify too much.
    • Sabato's (1991) Feeding Frenzy similarly focuses on the post-Watergate tendency in American mass media to overmagnify certain events and to provide more cynical and contentious coverage of politics.2014, Stuart N. Soroka, Negativity in Democratic Politics: Causes and Consequences, page 74

Questions about overmagnifying

What is overmagnifying the present participle and gerund of?
Overmagnifying is the present participle and gerund of overmagnify.

Words near overmagnifying in the dictionary

  1. overmade
  2. overmagnification
  3. overmagnified
  4. overmagnifies
  5. overmagnify
  6. overmagnifying
  7. overmajorities
  8. overmajority
  9. overmake
  10. overmakes
  11. overmaking

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