caricature
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caricature
a picture that exaggerates a person’s features to produce a comic or grotesque effect: Political cartoonists often use caricature to illustrate the character of their subject.
Not to be confused with:
character – distinctive feature or attribute; nature; disposition; makeup: It is against her character to be anything other than kind.
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car·i·ca·ture
(kăr′ĭ-kə-cho͝or′, -chər)n.
1.
a. A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect.
b. The art of creating such representations.
2. A grotesque imitation or misrepresentation: The trial was a caricature of justice.
tr.v. car·i·ca·tured, car·i·ca·tur·ing, car·i·ca·tures
To represent or imitate in an exaggerated, distorted manner.
[French, from Italian caricatura, from caricare, to load, exaggerate, from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus, a Gallic type of wagon; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
car′i·ca·tur′ist n.
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caricature
(ˈkærɪkəˌtjʊə)n
1. a pictorial, written, or acted representation of a person, which exaggerates his or her characteristic traits for comic effect
2. a ludicrously inadequate or inaccurate imitation: he is a caricature of a statesman.
vb
(tr) to represent in caricature or produce a caricature of
[C18: from Italian caricatura a distortion, exaggeration, from caricare to load, exaggerate; see cargo]
ˈcaricaˌtural adj
ˈcaricaˌturist n
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car•i•ca•ture
(ˈkær ɪ kə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər)n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.
1. a picture or description ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of a person or thing.
2. the art or process of producing such pictures or descriptions.
3. any imitation so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous.
v.t. 4. to make a caricature of.
[1740–50; < Italian caricatura, derivative of caricat(o) affected, literally, loaded]
car′i•ca•tur•ist, n.
syn: See burlesque.
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caricature
a distorted representation, usually pictorial, often used to parody people in public life. — caricaturist, n.
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caricature
Past participle: caricatured
Gerund: caricaturing
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caricature
A picture ludicrously exaggerating the qualities, defects, or peculiarities of a person or idea.
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| Noun | 1. |  caricature - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effectmock-heroic - a satirical imitation of heroic verse |
| Verb | 1. | caricature - represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President" mock - imitate with mockery and derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate" |
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caricature
noun
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caricature
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Translations
رَسْمٌ هَزَليُّ ساخِرٌ
karikaturakarikovat
karikatur
karikatyyripilakuva
karikatúra
skopmynd
karikatūrakarikatūristas
karikatūra
karikaturerenkarikatuurvertekenen
karykaturakarykaturować
caricature
[ˈkærɪkətjʊəʳ]A. N → caricatura f; (in newspaper) → dibujo m cómico
it was a caricature of a ceremony (fig) → fue una parodia de ceremonia
it was a caricature of a ceremony (fig) → fue una parodia de ceremonia
B. VT → caricaturizar
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caricature
(ˈkӕrikətjuə) noun a drawing or imitation (of someone or something) which is so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous. Caricatures of politicians appear in the newspapers every day.
ˈcaricaturist noun a person who makes caricatures.
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