The quality or characteristic of being prone to exaggerate; the tendency toward overstatement and amplification.
From exaggerative plus -ness. This triple-suffix construction (base + -ive + -ness) creates an abstract noun describing the quality of the adjective.
This Franken-word with three suffixes (-ate, -ive, -ness) shows how English lets us build incredibly specific meaning—literary critics use 'exaggerativeness' to analyze a writer's distinctive style of amplifying reality.
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