ɪnˈlɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒmənt ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən the act of expanding something in apparent size a photographic print that has been enlarged making to seem more important than it really is the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object