1
as in drawings
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
as in strips
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
as in parodies
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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Noun
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So says French artist JR, whose portraits of refugee children will go on display from Friday to April 19 as the inaugural exhibition at the new London branch of Perrotin, located on Brook’s Mews in Mayfair.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
13 Mar. 2025 -
The original six, all Republicans, are memorialized with portraits in the first-floor Ladies' Gallery, which also displays artifacts and historical accounts of the suffrage movement.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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Each of those originals have offensive depictions of non-white characters (like the Siamese cats in Lady and the crows in Dumbo), and each of their 2019 remakes rightfully remove those depictions.—
Josh Spiegel,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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The book contains depictions of characters, both good and evil, in a fairy world.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Cartoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cartoons. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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