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Definitions of Caricature

Pope Francis, Definitions of Caricature

Definitions of Caricature: A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or through other artistic drawings. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.

Definitions of Caricature

Caricature (noun)

In art or literature, the portrayal of an individual or thing that exaggerates and distorts prominent characteristics so as to make them appear ridiculous. A caricature is commonly a medium for satire.
 

A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.

synonyms: cartoon, parody, satire, lampoon, burlesque, sendup, takeoff

Caricatured (verb)

make or give a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of (someone or something).

He was caricatured on the cover of TV Guide.

synonyms: parody, satirize, lampoon, make fun of, burlesque, mimic, send-up, take-off

Synonyms

noun

  • cartoon, parody, satire, lampoon, burlesque, sendup, takeoff
  • imitation, impersonation

verb

  • parody, satirize, lampoon, make fun of, burlesque, mimic, send-up, take-off
  • ape

Examples

  • Moving on from his Hogarthian images of the early 1990s, the elements of caricature have disappeared, although he remains preoccupied with brutalization.
  • He plays the role well without ever going over the top or becoming a caricature, and it creates an extremely sympathetic character.
  • caricature of Pope Francis.
  • ‘It’s just fun, almost a caricature version of rockabilly,’ adds the Gutter Demon’s bassist Flipper.
  • He looked like a caricature of his normal self.

Word Origin and History

n.
1748 (figurative), 1750 (literal), from French caricature (18c.), from Italian caricatura “satirical picture; an exaggeration,” literally “overloading,” from caricare “to load, exaggerate,” from Vulgar Latin carricare “to load a car”. The Italian form had been used in English from the 1680s and was common 18c.
v.
1749, from caricature (n.). Related: Caricatured; caricaturing.
Caricature of Pope Francis by Angineer Ang, Seoul, South Korea
Definitions of Caricature Research and Written by Arifur Rahman

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