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A portrayal that exaggerates selected traits, often for humor or criticism.

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caricature

The cartoon was a caricature of a famously impatient conductor.
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One display paired a photograph with a caricature that enlarged the subject's spectacles and narrowed his already long face.
From The Exhibition and Its Labels.
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