- 1[countable] a funny drawing or picture of someone that exaggerates some of their features a cruel caricature of the president
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- 2[countable] a description or presentation of a person or thing that makes them seem ridiculous by exaggerating some of their characteristics a caricature of middle-American suburbia
- 3[uncountable] the art of drawing or writing caricatures The portrait verged on caricature.
NAmE//ˈkærɪkəˌtʃʊrɪst//
nounSee caricature in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: caricature