caricaturish
Americanadjective
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Sloan’s ex-husband is the one villain, but while he’s a bit caricaturish, Sloan’s reactions to his malice are painfully real.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2018
Thersites seeks to win over the common soldiers, and to get them to desert, by blowing up the faults of their aristocratic leaders to caricaturish proportions.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 9, 2016
Panelist Matthew Waxman, an attorney who served in several senior level national security positions under Bush, rejected what he said were "caricaturish generalizations" that his former boss circumvented or ignored the law.
From US News ● Dec. 11, 2015
It's an easy target to be sure, but in its own safer, more caricaturish Hollywood way it also offers a way for us to look at our own prejudices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2015
Her first overly caricaturish moments make plain that the script, the direction and the performers are not on the same page here.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2014
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