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caricature | caricaturable |

As a verb caricature

is .

As an adjective caricaturable is

suitable for being caricatured.

caricature

English

(wikipedia caricature)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=May 24 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.}}
  • A grotesque misrepresentation.
  • * Macaulay
    • A grotesque caricature of virtue.

    Descendants

    * Tagalog: (l)

    Verb

  • To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

    • Derived terms

    * caricaturist

    caricaturable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable for being caricatured.
  • * 2009 , John Simpson, Not Quite World's End: A Traveller's Tales (page 197)
    • Yet as with the American South, there is a distinctly caricaturable quality to rural Afrikanerdom, and the sophisticated Afrikaners of Johannesburg and Cape Town enjoy making fun of them.