different between misrepresentation vs caricature

English

Etymology

mis- +? representation or misrepresent +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?s???p??z?n?te???n/

  Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

misrepresentation (countable and uncountable, plural misrepresentations)

1. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations.
2. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
3. In map-making, faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.

Translations

Related terms

• misrepresent
• misrepresentative
• misrepresenter

References

• misrepresentation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• representationism

English

Alternative forms

• caricatura (archaic)

Etymology

From French caricature, from Italian caricatura.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ??k?t???/, (rare) /k????k?t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??k?t???/

Noun

caricature (plural caricatures)

1. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
2. A grotesque misrepresentation.

Derived terms

• caricaturise (uncommon), caricaturisation, caricaturish

Translations

Verb

caricature (third-person singular simple present caricatures, present participle caricaturing, simple past and past participle caricatured)

1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

Derived terms

• caricaturist

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caricatura, from the verb caricare (“to load; to exaggerate”), cognate with French charger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.?i.ka.ty?/
• Homophone: caricatures
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

caricature f (plural caricatures)

1. caricature

Derived terms

Further reading

• “caricature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

caricature f

1. plural of caricatura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?ika?tu?e/, [ka.?i.ka?t?u.?e]

Verb

caricature

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of caricaturar.