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How to pronounce caricature in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms imitation, impersonation
Type of humour, humor, wit, witticism, wittiness
Has types pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty, burlesque, lampoon, mock-heroic, mockery, parody
Derivation caricaturist
Type Words
Synonyms ape
Type of mock


The drawing caricatured the President.

Examples of caricature

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For those of my generation, Gordon Gekko is the ultimate Wall Street caricature.
From the avc.com
They were not nearly as pious and deferential as their caricature would suggest.
From the sacbee.com
Caricature has long contributed an essential flavour to The Economist's pudding.
From the economist.com
Most important, even if either wanted to live up to his caricature, he couldn't.
From the independent.co.uk
It is a fraud, it is artifice, like a 3D caricature or cartoon that comes alive.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
And Chris Ellis-Stanton gives a stylish and amusing caricature of vain machismo.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Everything about her is unapologetically overdone, a caricature of fabulousness.
From the guardian.co.uk
Most important, even if either wanted to live up to his caricature, he couldn't.
From the independent.co.uk
The less restrictive fashion of this period came in for considerable caricature.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
  • Represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"
  • A caricature can refer to 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.
  • 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 Clowes's output displayed in Ghost World. ...
  • (Caricatures (album)) Caricatures is an album by American trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded and released on the Blue Note label in 1976. accessed September 6, 2010 It was Byrd's final album for the label.
  • A representation in which the subject's distinctive features are exaggerated.
  • A humorous portrait that exaggerates physical features of the model to increase a visual likeness to the actual person while remaining distorted.
  • A grotesque likeness of striking qualities in persons and things.
  • An exaggerated version of something, done in a funny way. Good caricatures usually pick one feature that really stands out, and then make it bigger. Be careful, though! You could do a good caricature of someone with big ears, or a big nose, but they might not like it. ...