as in parodied
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
caricatured the supervisor's distinctive walk
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Recent Examples of caricatured
This idea of reasonableness is easily caricatured as moral timidity or a bloodless neutrality that drains politics of passion.
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Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
These changes have been caricatured as authoritarian and corrupt.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
For years, national media caricatured our city as a war zone.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
These changes have been caricatured as authoritarian and corrupt.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caricatured
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Murphy famously parodied Wonder on SNL, but the two became friends when Wonder joined him for a sketch on the show.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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This created a direct clash with golf purists — as parodied in Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2 — resulting in the PGA suspending golfers participating in LIV.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The following year, the Swiss Mad watch—sporting a case made from a composite infused with real Swiss cheese and a red fumé dial echoing the Swiss flag—mocked the loose standards behind the Swiss Made label, which require only half a watch’s components originate in the country.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
2 May 2026
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Moments after the Nuggets’ loss, former ESPN broadcaster Mark Jones mocked Jokic and celebrated his loss.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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For starters, as Anthropic’s explicit focus on mitigating the risks of AI has apparently won the trust of many consumers, OpenAI has imitated many of its rival’s safety initiatives.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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The tradition of throwing confetti from the stands became popular during the 1978 World Cup hosted by Argentina and was later imitated by fans around the globe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Caricatured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caricatured. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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