CARICATURE


Meaning of CARICATURE in English

I. noun

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Klein began his career by drawing caricatures of local politicians in the paper.

Politicians are used to having caricatures of themselves printed in newspapers.

The young man looked like a caricature of a South American polo player.

We had our caricatures drawn by a street artist while we were on vacation in Turkey.

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But whereas caricature depends on paring down character to exaggerated essentials, acting conveys shades, nuances and inconsistencies.

It's a sort of caricature of a machine.

Now she added quick caricatures and portraits to her entertainments at Hunnewell parties.

The caricature is crude, but recognisable.

Their personalities are easily exaggerated, their foibles ripe for caricature or psychotherapy.

Unfortunately, now four years later our original leader has become a cartoon caricature .

Unfortunately, popular folklore eventually romanticized the leader and his tribe, reducing them almost to comic book caricatures.

Yet all these caricatures are historically misplaced.

II. verb

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Many celebrity customers have been caricatured and hung on the restaurant's walls.

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And even if there is a deal, Mr Clinton will try to caricature Republican reforms as monsters from the deep.

And we allowed ourselves to be caricatured by our opponents.

As such its history can be caricatured as having had three stages.

Economic gurus tend to think of themselves as hard scientists, while caricaturing educators as limp, at best.

It is less understandable when the union is caricatured in more seriously researched publications.

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