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Caricature

Definition

(formal/artistic) A representation, especially a drawing or description, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect; by extension, a ludicrously inadequate or distorted imitation of something. Often collocates with 'of' and used in phrases such as 'a caricature of justice'.

Example Sentences

1The political cartoonist's caricature of the prime minister exaggerated his prominent ears to almost grotesque proportions.
2Is the portrayal of the antagonist in that novel a nuanced character study or merely a crude caricature of villainy?
3What was intended as a serious critique of bureaucracy read instead as an unintentional caricature of academic pretension.
4Avoid reducing complex historical figures to simplistic caricatures in your dissertation; acknowledge their contradictions and ambiguities.
5There is a fine line in satire between a sharp, insightful caricature that illuminates truth and a lazy stereotype that merely reinforces prejudice.

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