CARICATURE
\kˈaɹɪkət͡ʃˌʊ͡ə], \kˈaɹɪkətʃˌʊə], \k_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_k_ə_tʃ_ˌʊə]\
Definitions of CARICATURE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
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A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.
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To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
By Oddity Software
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An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
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A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.
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To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
By Noah Webster.
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Works portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. The effect is usually achieved through distortion or exaggeration of characteristics. (Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing, 2d ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A picture or description of a person or thing, in which the defects or peculiarities are exaggerated so as to produce a laughable effect.
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To represent in a ridiculous or exaggerated style.
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Caricaturist.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A likeness of anything so exaggerated or distorted as to appear ridiculous.
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To turn into ridicule by overdoing a likeness.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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