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caricature

[ kar-i-kuh-cher, -choor ]

noun

  1. 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.

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  2. the art or process of producing such pictures, descriptions, etc.
  3. any imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous.

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verb (used with object)

caricatured, caricaturing.
  1. to make a caricature of; represent in caricature.

caricature

/ 藞办忙谤瑟办蓹藢迟箩蕣蓹 /

noun

  1. a pictorial, written, or acted representation of a person, which exaggerates his characteristic traits for comic effect
  2. a ludicrously inadequate or inaccurate imitation

    he is a caricature of a statesman

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to represent in caricature or produce a caricature of
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

caricature

  1. 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 .
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caricature1

1740鈥50; earlier caricatura < Italian, equivalent to caricat(o) loaded, i.e., distorted (past participle of caricare; charge ) + -ura -ure
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of caricature1

C18: from Italian caricatura a distortion, exaggeration, from caricare to load, exaggerate; see cargo
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After the show aired, Wood, 31, said she was "not thin skinned" and understood that SNL was about "caricature".

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She continued: 鈥淏ut the joke was about fluoride. I have big gap teeth not bad teeth. I don鈥檛 mind caricature 鈥 I understand that鈥檚 what 鈥楽NL鈥 is.

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But series creator Mike White doesn鈥檛 write caricatures.

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"I completed the portrait accurately, without 'purposeful distortion', political bias, or any attempt to caricature the subject, actual or implied. I fulfilled the task per my contract."

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He's dehumanized himself, becoming a garish caricature of fascist longing instead.

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