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   Car·i·ca·ture

   /ˈkerəkəˌCHo͝or/

   

   noun

   • 1. a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect: "there are elements of caricature in the portrayal of the hero"
   • ▪ a ludicrous or grotesque version of someone or something: "he looked like a caricature of his normal self"

   verb

   • 1. make or give a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of (someone or something): "he was caricatured on the cover of "

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from French, from Italian caricatura, from caricare ‘load, exaggerate’, from Latin carricare (see charge).

   Derivatives

   • 1. caricatural adjective
   • 2. caricaturist noun

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