caricature
- 1) noun, a pictorial, written, or acted representation of a person, which exaggerates his characteristic traits for comic effect
- 2) noun, a ludicrously inadequate or inaccurate imitation
- 3) verb, to represent in caricature or produce a caricature of
Etymology
C18: from Italian caricatura a distortion, exaggeration, from caricare to load, exaggerate; see cargo
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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parody, cartoon, distortion, satire, travesty, lampoon, burlesque, mimicry, farce, parody, take off (informal), mock, distort, ridicule, mimic, send up (Brit. informal), lampoon, burlesque, satirize