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# caricature

noun (a caricature, caricatures); verb (caricature, caricatures, caricatured, caricaturing)

«caricature» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A funny drawing of a person that makes some features, like a big nose or ears, look much bigger than they are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/#m1)
2. A description of a person or thing that makes them seem silly by exaggerating them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/#m2)
3. (verb) To draw or describe someone in this exaggerated way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/#m3)

### In the lessons

In art lessons pupils draw caricatures; in history and media lessons political cartoons use caricature to make a point. In stories it can mean a character who is too simple, like a cartoon. Phrases: "a caricature of", "draw a caricature".

### Examples

- An artist at the fair drew a caricature of me with huge teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/#x1)
- The newspaper cartoon was a caricature of the prime minister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/#x2)
- In the film, the villain is a caricature, not a real person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/#x3)
- We caricatured our teacher's big smile, kindly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/#x4)
- The caricature made the king's crown enormous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/#x5)

### Note

Pronounced "KARR-ik-a-chur". A caricature exaggerates on purpose; it should not be used to bully people about their looks.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «caricature» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caricature/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«caricature» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/caricature.html) on Mova free.