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1
a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene
- a political cartoon mocking the state legislature
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2
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
- reading the cartoons in the Sunday newspaper
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3
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
- in this biopic the life of a complex man is reduced to a cartoon
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“Cartoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoon. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of cartoon was in 1671
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