caricature

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  1. noun 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.
  2. noun The art of creating such representations.
  3. noun A grotesque imitation or misrepresentation: The trial was a caricature of justice.
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  • Islam has justly been characterized as the caricature of a religion. —  Akbar, Emperor of India
  • Another less well-known work, combining direct political insult with caricature is here: —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • "Saturday Night Live" caricature -- only less subtle.
  • The most that can be said for this caricature is the number of people who credit it. —  Drudge Retort
  • Even valid criticisms are easy for chavistas to caricature, and in an era of growing chavista dominance of the airwaves, attacks are difficult for opposition politicos to rebut. —  Caracas Chronicles
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parody ·  travesty ·  farce ·  mockery ·  exaggeration ·  joke ·  mimicry ·  irony ·  blunder ·  drawing ·  anecdote ·  satire

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caricature:   caricatures ·  caricatured
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  1. 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.

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  1. Formerly in Italian form caricatura = Dutch karikatuur = German caricatur, karikatur = Danish Swedish karikatur, from French caricature, from Italian caricatura (= Spanish Portuguese caricatura), a satirical picture, from caricare, load, overload, exaggerate, = French charger, load, later English charge, q. v.
 

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/ˈkærɪkətʃjur/
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