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caricature
[ kar-i-kuh-cher, -choor ]
noun
- a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things:
His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
Synonyms: cartoon
- the art or process of producing such pictures, descriptions, etc.
- any imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous.
Synonyms: travesty
verb (used with object)
- to make a caricature of; represent in caricature.
caricature
/ ˈkærɪkəˌtjʊə /
noun
- a pictorial, written, or acted representation of a person, which exaggerates his characteristic traits for comic effect
- a ludicrously inadequate or inaccurate imitation
he is a caricature of a statesman
verb
- tr to represent in caricature or produce a caricature of
caricature
- In art or literature, portrayal of an individual or thing that exaggerates and distorts prominent characteristics so as to make them appear ridiculous. Caricature is commonly a medium for satire .
Derived Forms
- ˈcaricaˌtural, adjective
- ˈcaricaˌturist, noun
Other Word Forms
- cari·ca·tur·a·ble adjective
- cari·ca·tural adjective
- cari·ca·tur·ist noun
- self-cari·ca·ture noun
- semi·cari·ca·tural adjective
- un·cari·ca·tured adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of caricature1
Word History and Origins
Origin of caricature1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Unlike some other “Cheers” regulars, there was no caricature in his character.
And they defy their caricature of red-eyed, bloodthirsty beasts.
Modern Western culture caricatures vultures as undertakers, grim harbingers of death and hardly ideal images of maternal love.
We see it in the infamous "Mar-a-Lago" face, which uses plastic surgery and spackled-on make-up to turn women into terrifyingly exaggerated caricatures of femininity.
After the show aired, Wood, 31, said she was "not thin skinned" and understood that SNL was about "caricature".
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