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KAR-ik-uh-ch-uh/ˈkærɪkətʃə/

A caricature is a drawing or description that exaggerates features, often to mock: a political caricature; caricature someone as. Cartoon is broader; portrait aims at likeness. The cartoon is a caricature, not a sampling frame. Mix-up: character (already in the dictionary); characterise. Do not call a careful biography a caricature without exaggeration in the source.

Meaning

A drawing or description that exaggerates features, often to mock; as a verb, to portray that way.

Examples

• “The cartoon is a caricature, not a sampling frame, the media paper said.”
• “Do not caricature the opposing view in the evaluation, which is the distort-as-verb sense.”

Good to know

a caricature of; caricature + someone + as. Broader: cartoon. Trap: character. Media, art, and evaluations. Exaggerated mock portrayal, not a measured profile.

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