Definition of CARICATURING

Other Words from caricature

Noun

caricatural \ ˌker-i-kə-ˈchu̇r-əl

, -ˈchər- , -ˈtyu̇r- , -ˈtu̇r- , ˌka-ri- \ adjective

caricaturist \ ˈker-i-kə-ˌchu̇r-ist

, -ˌchər- , -ˌtyu̇r- , -ˌtu̇r- , ˈka-ri- \ noun

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Noun

caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty mean a comic or grotesque imitation. caricature implies ludicrous exaggeration of the characteristic features of a subject. caricatures of politicians in cartoons burlesque implies mockery especially through giving a serious or lofty subject a frivolous treatment. a nightclub burlesque of a trial in court parody applies especially to treatment of a trivial or ludicrous subject in the exactly imitated style of a well-known author or work. a witty parody of a popular novel travesty implies that the subject remains unchanged but that the style is extravagant or absurd. this production is a travesty of the opera

Examples of caricature in a Sentence

Noun

An artist was doing caricatures in the park. His performance in the film was a caricature of a hard-boiled detective. The interview made her into a caricature of a struggling artist.

Verb

The press caricatured him as clumsy and forgetful. caricatured the supervisor's distinctive walk

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

The museum has been open since 1994 and has more than 12,000 items related to racist caricatures — the largest collection of its kind, according to Pilgrim. — Nadra Nittle, Vox, "Prada pulled a collection of figurines that drew comparisons to anti-black caricatures," 14 Dec. 2018 The surrounding players are exaggerated, one-note caricatures; Barrie’s wife is a superficial shrew, her lover is a fop, the grandmother is stern and matronly, the promoter has a perpetual glint in his eye and the actors are campy. — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Circus scene is the highlight of a bland 'Neverland'," 21 Feb. 2018 The wildly popular character of Tabby — an anarcho-communist trans cat-girl who sports an ANTIFA patch and wields a baseball bat to smash capitalism — began life as a caricature of radicals that Wynn felt weren’t strategically minded enough. — Katherine Cross, The Verge, "The Oscar Wilde of YouTube fights the alt-right with decadence and seduction," 24 Aug. 2018 But if the godfathers of nonbinary pop — from Freddie Mercury to Adam Lambert — paved the way, their personas often came across as glam-rock caricature. — Nick Haramis, New York Times, "Welcome to the Age of the Twink," 14 May 2018 To that end, the First Lady shouldn't be reduced to an internet caricature of herself, deserving of pity. — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, "France's First Lady Brigitte Macron on Melania Trump," 29 Apr. 2018 While many of the works were empowering — Black Power images from the 1970s, portraits of civil rights leaders — others were confrontational, disorienting and depressing: cartoonish, insensitive caricatures used for advertising or entertainment. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "Frank Mitchell Helps People Hold Difficult Conversations About Race, Culture And Equity," 22 Mar. 2018 On the other, so much flagrant consumption amounted to a kind of cheap caricature. — Jamie Lauren Keiles, Vox, "How the JAP became America’s most complex Jewish stereotype.," 5 Dec. 2018 One agency perched itself in front of a garish mural of swirling colors, block letters, and cartoon figures that seemed straight out of every stoner caricature. — Angela Chen, The Verge, "Weed and luxury in Las Vegas," 15 Nov. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

At the same time, local newspapers are dying out and political discourse is becoming increasingly nationalized, which means most issues are abstract and dominated by tribal allegiance and caricatured right-left narratives. — Sean Illing, Vox, "Intellectuals have said democracy is failing for a century. They were wrong.," 20 Dec. 2018 Netflix Each story has the feeling of a yarn that was based in some reality but has grown and shifted and become more acutely caricatured as people retold it. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is an old West folk tale, with a signature Coen brothers twist," 15 Oct. 2018 In Bleak House, Dickens caricatured this kind of humanitarianism in the character of Mrs. Jellyby, who obsessively advocates for a faraway population but neglects to care for her own kids. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, "America’s “Poster Child” Syndrome," 20 June 2018 In the West, Mr. Kim, 34, has often been caricatured as a chubby child toying with nuclear missiles. — New York Times, "Kim Jong-un’s Image Shift: From Nuclear Madman to Skillful Leader," 6 June 2018 You will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured by a committee of the U.S. Senate rather than hung from a tree. — Fox News, "Sekulow: Kavanaugh will be a brilliant Supreme Court justice," 10 July 2018 Spicer, who was known for his combative press briefings and was caricatured on ‘‘Saturday Night Live,’’ will be a spokesman and senior adviser to the group, which works to elect candidates who support the agenda of the president. — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, "Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer to serve as spokesman for Trump-aligned super PAC," 14 June 2018 Oprah is an obvious exception to this rule, and Iyanla Vanzant’s antics on Iyanla: Fix My Life are over the top and sometimes caricatured. — refinery29.com, "Red Table Talk Is The Best Thing To Happen To Facebook," 7 June 2018 Pougetoux—who was even caricatured for a new issue of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo—has become the latest subject of France’s ongoing and intensifying battle over national identity. — Karina Piser, The New Republic, "Inside France’s Growing Identity War," 29 May 2018

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