Caricature

/ˈkærɪkətʃər/ noun

A drawing, description, or imitation of someone that exaggerates certain features for comic or critical effect.

From Italian 'caricatura', from 'caricare', meaning 'to load' or 'exaggerate', from Late Latin 'carricare', 'to load a wagon'. The idea is of 'loading' extra features onto a face or personality.

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