Look up: Caricature

1. caricature
   [n] - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect 2. [v] - represent in or produce a caricature of
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2. caricature
   In the arts or literature, an exaggerated portrayal of an individual or type, aiming to ridicule or otherwise expose the subject; in art, features are often made comical or grotesque. Classical and...
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3. Caricature
   See also CARTOON (107) An exaggerated, distorted representation of a subject in art or literature
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4. Caricature
   A caricature is a painting, or more usually drawing, of a person or thing in which the features and form have been distorted and exaggerated in order to mock or satirise the subject. The term is originally Italian, caricatura, and caricature appeared in Italian art about 1600 in the work of Annibale...
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5. Caricature
   Car'i·ca·ture noun [ Italian caricatura , from caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge , transitive verb ] 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics...
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6. Caricature
   Car'i·ca·ture transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Caricatured ; present participle & verbal noun Caricaturing .] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exa...
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7. caricature
   imitation noun a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
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8. caricature
   ape verb represent in or produce a caricature of; `The drawing caricatured the President`
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9. Caricature
   • (v. t.) To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. • (v. t.) 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. • (v. t.) An exagge...
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10. caricature
    (from the article `caricature and cartoon`) Caricature is the distorted presentation of a person, type, or action. Commonly, a salient feature or characteristic of the subject is seized upon ... ...frames, normally 24, each a still photograph minutely varied from its predecessor, which record the successive phases of the subject`s movem...
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11. caricature
    caricature 1. A comic exaggeration; such as, a drawing, description, or performance that exaggerates the characteristics of someone or something for humorous or satirical effectS. 2. Any imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous. 3. Etymology: from French caricature, from Itali...
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12. caricature
    A portrait in literature intended to make fun of a person by exaggerating the negative sides of his /her character: one-sided over-emphasis of certain character traits. An outstanding example of a caricature is Shakespeare´s Falstaff in Henry IV.
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13. Caricature
    Art that exaggerates the qualities, defects, or peculiarities of a person or idea, usually in a humourous manner. Traditionally used in editorial cartooning.
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14. caricature
    caricature, a satirical drawing, plastic representation, or description which, through exaggeration of natural features, makes its subject appear ridiculous. Although 16th-century Northern painters, such as Holbein, Bruegel, and Bosch, employed certain elements of caricature, no comic tradition was ...
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15. Caricature
    A caricature is a representation of the qualities and peculiarities of an object, but in such a way that beauties are concealed and peculiarities or defects exaggerated, so as to make the person or thing ridiculous, while a general likeness is retained. Though a degenerate, it is one of the oldest f...
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16. caricature
    In the arts or literature, an exaggerated portrayal of an individual or type, aiming to ridicule or otherwise expose the subject; in art, features are often made comical or grotesque. Classical and medieval examples of pictorial caricatures survive. Artists of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries have often used caricature as a way of satirizing ...
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17. Caricature
    Art that exaggerates the qualities, defects, or peculiarities of a person or idea, usually in a humourous manner. Traditionally used in editorial cartooning. • Example
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18. caricature
    A representation in which the subject's distinctive features are exaggerated.
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19. Caricature
    A `caricature` is a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. In literature, a `caricature` is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others. Caricatures can be insu...
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20. Caricature
    (Daniel Clowes collection) `Caricature` is a book collection of nine comic short stories by Daniel Clowes. In contrast to earlier Clowes collections such as Lout Rampage! and Orgy Bound, Caricature concentrates on the more naturalistic, character-focused side of Cl...
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