Definition of Caricatures. Meaning of Caricatures. Synonyms of Caricatures

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Definition of Caricatures

Caricature
Caricature Car"i*ca*ture, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.] 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture. 2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.] The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. --I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. --Macaulay.
Caricature
Caricature Car"i*ca*ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured; p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. --Lord Lyttelton.

Meaning of Caricatures from wikipedia

- combination of both. Caricatures of politicians are commonly used in newspapers and news magazines as political cartoons, while caricatures of movie stars are...
- Making caricatures out of wood is undertaken by some wood carvers. Carved caricatures are noted for having generally exaggerated features. The Caricature Carvers...
- nine comic short stories by Daniel Clowes Caricatures (Ange album) Caricatures (Donald Byrd album) La Caricature (1830–1843), a satirical w****ly published...
- is a list of caricatures published by the British magazine Vanity Fair (1868–1914). List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1868–1869) List...
- deity. He also mentions an apostate Jew who carried around Carthage a caricature of a Christian with a donkey's ears and hooves, labeled Deus Christianorum...
- political shifts, Philipon created a series of caricatures of Charles X. James Cuno observed that these caricatures demonstrated a noticeable shift in Philipon's...
- boy, and the spoiled and materialistic Jewish-American princess. In caricatures and cartoons, Ashke**** Jews are usually depicted as having large hook-noses...
- Caricature of Charles H. Workman. The accompanying biography reads, "The only part of him which gets tired is his tongue, and occasionally the oft-repeated...
- A caricaturist is an artist who specializes in drawing caricatures. Abed Abdi (born 1942) Abril Lamarque (1904–1999) Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003) Alex Gard...
- who have created all the caricatures in the restaurant. In 1979, Vincent Sardi, Jr., donated a collection of 227 caricatures from the restaurant to the...