Caricaturing

  • 101detractive — adj 1. belittling, disparaging, demeaning, deflating, derogatory, derogative, derogating, detractory, detracting, depreciatory, depreciative, depreciating, devaluating; humiliating, humbling, mortifying; lampooning, caricaturing, ridiculing,… …

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  • 102caricature — I UK [ˈkærɪkətjʊə(r)] / US [ˈkerɪkəˌtʃʊr] noun Word forms caricature : singular caricature plural caricatures 1) [countable] art a drawing of someone that strongly emphasizes their main features, especially in order to make them seem funny She… …

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  • 103cartoon — car•toon [[t]kɑrˈtun[/t]] n. 1) fia a drawing symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person 2) fia comic strip 3) fia animated cartoon 4) fia a preliminary pictorial design, as for a fresco 5) fia to draw cartoons •… …

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  • 104caricature — /ˈkærəkətʃʊə / (say karuhkuhchoouh) noun 1. a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: *But it was not until Hop and, a little while after, Phil May were brought from abroad that the… …

  • 105cartoon — /kaˈtun / (say kah toohn) noun 1. a sketch or drawing as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolising or caricaturing some subject or person of current interest, in an exaggerated way. 2. Art a drawing, of the same size as a proposed decoration or… …

  • 106caricature — [kar′i kə chər, kar′i kəchoor΄] n. [Fr < It caricatura, satirical picture, lit., an overloading < caricare, to load, exaggerate < VL carricare: see CHARGE] 1. a picture or imitation of a person, literary style, etc. in which certain… …

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  • 107cartoon — [kär to͞on′] n. [Fr carton < It cartone, both in CARTOON sense 2: see CARTON] 1. a drawing, as in a newspaper, caricaturing or symbolizing, often satirically, some event, situation, or person of topical interest 2. a full size preliminary… …

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  • 108ridicule — [rid′i kyo͞ol΄] n. [Fr < L ridiculum, a jest, laughable (thing), neut. of ridiculus, laughable, comical < ridere, to laugh < IE * wrizd , to avert the face (> Sans vrīda, embarrassment) < base * wer , to turn] 1. a) the act of… …

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  • 109CANADA — CANADA, country in northern half of North America and a member of the British Commonwealth. At the beginning of the 21st century, its population of approximately 370,000 Jews made it the world s fourth largest Jewish community after the United… …

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