Caricatura

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to
     charge, overload, exaggerate. See {Charge}, v. t.]
     1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts
        or characteristics, as in a picture.
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     2. A picture or other figure or description in which the
        peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as
        to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly
        written {caricatura}.]
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              The truest likeness of the prince of French
              literature will be the one that has most of the look
              of a caricature.                      --I. Taylor.
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              A grotesque caricature of virtue.     --Macaulay.
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