caricature
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈkɛrɪkətʃʊr/
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caricatura
- The comic strip included a caricature of the famous actor, poking fun at his over-the-top acting style.
- draw a caricature
- publish caricatures
- parody and caricature
So you become this caricature cartoon version of yourself.
- So you become this caricature cartoon version of yourself.
- And they're not content to just argue with some cartoon caricature of what socialists think.
- And Nancy Mays and Marjorie Taylor Green are such, like, caricatures of human beings.
- I'm sure Don Nelson's one that broke Cherry West's heart turned him into a caricature on that HBO show.
- And I guess that's the lasting thing, is we've become way more entrenched, way more caricatures of ourselves.
- And it said rags to riches, like straight up tabloid American dream stuff like a caricature.
- Well, reproductions, no matter how capable, are simply souvenirs of the work or caricatures of the work.
- So I don't care what Dylan Mulvaney, the caricature of a bimbo female, tries to say.
- But we shouldn't talk about each other like we do it in these days, in stereotypes and caricatures.
- So speak to the Chinese people and not fear not making the leaders of China, the like into these caricatures of devils.
- So what I this is negative advice, but I tell folks, don't define yourself as a social caricature.
- So we see each other sometimes, you know, as caricatures of ourselves because because we're quite different in those in those ways.
- And Bikini is good at sort of culling this out and showing us how caricatures of Hume are not really David Hume.
- What I think is interesting is that you see these roles play out in cultural memes that become caricatures, right?
Examples
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You’ve become nothing more than a caricature of yourself.
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At the fair, there was a booth where you could get a quick caricature of yourself drawn by an artist.
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And OK, caricature is something that is a simplified description of something real.
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In the afternoon, we had our portraits painted as caricatures.
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Although there are few caricatures of high officials in Cuba, they exist and have been exhibited.
Academic text (1995) -
Max Bierman made this caricature of Nemo.
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Kamel's reign over the nuclear program was almost a caricature of a coercive management approach.
Academic text (2012) -
As with the silhouettes, Walker often employs stereotype and caricature to make her points.
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Sammy seemed to Carl like a caricature of the stereotypical black jazz musician.
Fiction book (1992) -
The artist drew a caricature of the politician, exaggerating his large nose and big glasses for humor.
Synonyms
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3.2
A picture showing a person, made by a painter or photographer
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1.0
A funny drawing in a newspaper that comments on news or politics
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4.0
A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
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4.1
A picture or statue made to show how a person looked
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3.5
A funny copy of a person that makes their voice or actions seem bigger
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4.0
A picture or statue that shows what a person looks like
Compounds
A tropical shrub with purple or red tube-shaped flowers and leaves with patterns like a human face
How Exaggerated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caricature comes from the Italian roots caricare and caricatura, where caricare means 'to load' or 'to charge' and caricatura meant a 'loaded picture'. Artists would 'load' a drawing by making some parts bigger or more obvious, so a caricature is a picture that exaggerates features to be funny or striking.