caricature
nounEtymology
From French caricature, from Italian caricatura, ultimately from Latin carrus, and so not related to character, which is instead ultimately from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”).
- derived from χαρακτήρ
- derived from carrus
- derived from caricatura
- borrowed from caricature
Definitions
A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated…
A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
- Lo Ching-chong (羅慶忠), better known as L.C.C., showed off a caricature of Lu he did in 2001. In the black-and-white drawing, Lu sports a bird's nest-like hairdo, with a bird perched in it.
- 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.
- A grotesque caricature of virtue.
- They were ignoring that the feckless, toothless caricature of a world parliament — the UN — needed American money in order to keep going and would do anything to get our moolah!
In facial recognition systems, a face that has been modified to look less like the…
In facial recognition systems, a face that has been modified to look less like the average face, and thus more distinctive.
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Having the characteristics of a caricature, grotesque.
To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for caricature. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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