Caricature Definition

kărĭ-kə-cho͝or, -chər
caricatured, caricatures, caricaturing
noun
caricatures
A picture or imitation of a person, literary style, etc. in which certain features or mannerisms are exaggerated for satirical effect.
Webster's New World
The act or art of making such caricatures.
Webster's New World
A likeness or imitation that is so distorted or inferior as to seem ludicrous.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
caricatured, caricatures, caricaturing
To depict in or as in a caricature.
Webster's New World
To represent or imitate in an exaggerated, distorted manner.
American Heritage

To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

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Other Word Forms of Caricature

Noun

Singular:
caricature
Plural:
caricatures

Origin of Caricature

  • French from Italian caricatura from caricare to load, exaggerate from Late Latin carricāre from Latin carrus a Gallic type of wagon kers- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French caricature.

    From Wiktionary

Caricature Sentence Examples

  • In Egypt, too, the spirit of caricature occasionally shows itself.

  • The reputed founder of Japanese caricature may also be added to the list.

  • The portrait as a whole is not in the least like Paul, and could not even have been intended for a caricature of him.

  • The above sketch is admittedly a somewhat crude caricature in parts.

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

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