caricature
caricature Lexical Profile
caricature Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.
"The street artist drew a humorous caricature of the tourist with an oversized smile."
A ludicrously inadequate or distorted version of something; a grotesque imitation or misrepresentation.
"The biased report was a mere caricature of the actual scientific findings."
• verb
To make or give a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of (someone or something).
"The political cartoonist frequently caricatured prominent leaders in the Sunday newspaper."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-18th century via French from Italian caricatura, literally meaning 'an overloading' or 'exaggeration', from caricare ('to load or exaggerate'), which ultimately derives from Late Latin carricare ('to load a cart').