polity, undecided voters. “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”

For once it is not an exaggeration to say that this election is not just about who should be president, but about what sort of country America should be

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Vladimir Putin is in Greece, visiting the ancient monastic polity of Mount Athos. The trip shows how nations of the same faith can compete as well as co-operate

One amusing story about Mark Twain involves his playful way of handling rumors about his death. In 1897, while Twain was in London, a rumor spread in the United States that he had passed away. A journalist even reached out to confirm the news. Twain, never missing a chance for wit, responded with his famous line:

“The report of my death was an exaggeration.”

What makes the story even funnier is that the confusion apparently stemmed from the illness of his cousin, who was indeed quite sick at the time.

exaggeration

/ɪɡˌzadʒəˈreɪʃn,ɛɡˌzadʒəˈreɪʃn/

noun

1. a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.

   "it would be an exaggeration to say I had morning sickness, but I did feel queasy"

   Similar:

   overstatement

   overemphasis

   magnification

   amplification

   aggrandizement

   overplaying

   dramatization

   overdramatization

   enhancement

   elaboration

   over-elaboration

   embellishment

   over-embellishment

   embroidery

   hyperbole

   overkill

   gilding the lily

   purple prose

   puffery

   • the action of making exaggerations.

     "he was prone to exaggeration"

polity 

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪti/ 

NOUN (plural polities)

1A form or process of civil government or constitution:the civic humanist’s politya vision of a plural Arab polity

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1.1An organized society; a state as a political entity:the period in which West Germany was a distinct polity

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Origin

Mid 16th century: from obsolete French politie, via Latin from Greek politeia 'citizenship, government', from politēs 'citizen', from polis 'city'.

[名詞] (pl. -ties)

1. 1 政治形態，統治組織
   • civil polity
   • 国家行政組織
   • ecclesiastical polity
   • 教会組織.
2. 2 (国家・都市などのように)組織された状態，体制.
3. 3 政治；行政規定
   • The colonists demanded independence in matters of internal polity.
   • 植民地の人々は植民地内の行政に関する問題では独立を要求した.
4. 4 国家；(政治的組織を持つ)組織体.

［語源］

1538.＜ラテン語 polītīa＜ギリシャ語 polīteía 市民権，政治，政治形態，国家(poltēs「市民」より；→POLIS)