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stretch

Polish translation: przesada//przesadna interpretacja//nadinterpretacja

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English term or phrase:stretch
Polish translation:przesada//przesadna interpretacja//nadinterpretacja
Entered by: Epcia33

10:02 Jan 11, 2024
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English term or phrase: stretch
James Lindsay: Gnosticism and hermeticism and these various occult or esoteric faiths taking on forms in modern eras in terms of politics. But you can see this very clearly that what I just claimed about Hegel, which may have sounded like a stretch, isn't that much of a stretch?

https://youtu.be/Lk_w2-8snWk?t=6400

Uprzejmie proszę o pomoc i dziękuję.
Epcia33
Local time: 09:20
przesada//przesadna interpretacja//nadinterpretacja
Explanation:
nadinterpretacja «interpretacja wykraczająca poza komentowane fakty, wypowiedzi itp., niemająca dostatecznego uzasadnienia»

https://sjp.pwn.pl/sjp/nadinterpretacja;2485724.html


(figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
To say he's been to this park a million times is stretching the numbers. The true number is around 30 or 40.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stretch#:~:text=(intransitive...

A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 03:20
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2przesada//przesadna interpretacja//nadinterpretacja
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3 +1wymysł, lipa, nierealne, naciągane
geopiet


  

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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
wymysł, lipa, nierealne, naciągane


Explanation:
czyli takie trochę „wybujane” ...

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 399

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bartosz Kurkiewicz: Agree co do "naciągane"
32 mins
  -> dziękuję
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
przesada//przesadna interpretacja//nadinterpretacja


Explanation:
nadinterpretacja «interpretacja wykraczająca poza komentowane fakty, wypowiedzi itp., niemająca dostatecznego uzasadnienia»

https://sjp.pwn.pl/sjp/nadinterpretacja;2485724.html


(figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
To say crossing the street was brave is stretching the meaning of "brave" considerably.
To say he's been to this park a million times is stretching the numbers. The true number is around 30 or 40.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stretch#:~:text=(intransitive...

A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
It's a bit of a stretch to call Boris Karloff a comedian.
To say crossing the street was brave was quite a stretch.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 850

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paweł Kasprzyk
1 hr
  -> Dziękuję Pawle.
agree  legato
6 hrs
  -> Dziękuję legato. Serdecznie pozdrawiam.
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