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plural of caricature
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as in parodies
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something that TV network's reporting is a mere caricature of real journalism

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as in spoofs
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect the artist creates caricatures of famous paintings by replacing humans with cats

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verb

present tense third-person singular of caricature

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  • In commercial comedies nowadays, humor mostly happens through dialog or slapstick or exaggerations.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
  • However, most of these accounts are considered myths or gross exaggerations.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Caricatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caricatures. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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