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caricature definition

cari·ca·ture (kar′i kə c̸hər, -c̸ho̵or′)

noun

  1. a picture or imitation of a person, literary style, etc. in which certain features or mannerisms are exaggerated for satirical effect
  2. the act or art of making such caricatures
  3. a likeness or imitation that is so distorted or inferior as to seem ludicrous

Etymology: Fr < It caricatura, satirical picture, lit., an overloading < caricare, to load, exaggerate < VL carricare: see charge

transitive verb caricatured -·tured, caricaturing -·tur·ing

to depict in or as in a caricature

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caricature Synonyms

caricature

n.

burlesque, exaggeration, cartoon; see parody, ridicule. See syn. study at parody.


caricature

v.

distort, satirize, mimic; see parody, ridicule.


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caricature Usage Examples

Object

  • portrait: This involved drawing caricature portraits of various musical artists for the magazine's LP review section.

Converse of object

  • draw: During the evening Malcolm Lee helped raise funds by drawing caricatures of some of the guests.

Adjective modifier

  • crude: Ugly, pubescent, often lower class and furnished with a regional accent the dummy is a crude technical caricature of the human body.

Modifies a noun

  • portrait: Caricature Weddings Personalize your wedding stationery with your own caricature portrait.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: This is probably the most common fault with peoples drawings, resulting in a cartoon or caricature rather than a realistic portrait.

Noun used with modifier

  • cartoon: Rather than using photographs to complement each profile, the firm have instead used cartoon caricatures.

Preposition: of

  • Marxism: Faced with this caricature of Marxism, Debord improvised a critique.
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