ylisuurettua
Ylisuurettua is a Finnish linguistic and rhetorical term used to describe statements, representations, or depictions that are presented as more extensive or significant than warranted by evidence. The form is a participial adjective derived from the idea of exaggeration, formed with the prefix yli- meaning over and the root related to suur- meaning big, combined with the participial suffix -ttua.
The term combines yli- (over) with suur- (big) and the participial suffix -ttua, creating an adjective that
Ylisuurettua is used mainly in media critique, political discourse, journalism, and academic analysis to label claims,
Hyperbole and exaggeration in rhetoric; liioittelu (Finnish for exaggeration); media literacy and critical discourse analysis; Finnish
As a descriptive label, ylisuurettua is used to characterize rhetoric or evidence rather than to assert a