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What is a caricature?

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A distorted or exaggerated representation of a person or group

car·i·ca·ture

car·i·ca·ture [kérrəkə chr, kérrəkəchər]

n (plural car·i·ca·tures)

1.	comic exaggeration: a drawing, description, or performance that exaggerates somebody's or something's characteristics, for example, somebody's physical features, for humorous or satirical effect
2.	travesty: a ridiculously inappropriate or unsuccessful version of or attempt at something
3.	of caricatures: the art of creating caricatures

vt (past car·i·ca·tured, past participle car·i·ca·tured, present participle car·i·ca·tur·ing, 3rd person present singular car·i·ca·tures)

represent with comic exaggeration: to represent somebody or something with a caricature

[Mid-18th century. From, ultimately, Italian caricatura , from caricare "to exaggerate, load," from late Latin carricare , from Latin carrus "wagon" (see car).]

-car·i·ca·tur·al, adj
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