and both consist in overestimating them

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English term or phrase: and both consist in overestimating them
Both phenomena (animism and anthropomorphism) stem from the search for organization and significance, and both consist in overestimating them.
Nelson Soares
Brazil
Local time: 12:37


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4 +1e ambos consistem em superestimá-los.
Vivian Saboia
4e ambos consistem em acentuar
Mariana Gutierrez
3e ambos consistem numa exageração (destas coisas)
Alcinda Marinho


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e ambos consistem em superestimá-los.


Explanation:
sugestão

Vivian Saboia
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e ambos consistem em acentuar


Explanation:
refere-se a acentuar/exagerar (superestimar) esses traços.

Mariana Gutierrez
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e ambos consistem numa exageração (destas coisas)


Explanation:
Sug.

exageração = 2. Representação das coisas de modo a julgá-las maiores do que são.

"exageração", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa [em linha], 2008-2013, https://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/exageração [consultado em 08-09-2018].

Alcinda Marinho
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