Preferred Label : Caricature;
MeSH definition : Works portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure
representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. The effect is usually achieved
through distortion or exaggeration of characteristics. (Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for
Use in Rare Book and Special Collection Cataloguing, 2d ed); Work portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure
representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. The effect is usually achieved
through distortion or exaggeration of characteristics. (Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for
Use in Rare Book and Special Collection Cataloguing, 2d ed);
MeSH synonym : Caricatures;
MeSH annotation : This heading is used as a Publication Type. Caricatures as a subject are indexed under
the main heading CARICATURES AS TOPIC. Publication Type CARTOONS is also available.
INDEXER: Do not use; This heading is used as a Publication Type. Caricatures as a subject are indexed under
the main heading CARICATURES AS TOPIC. Publication Type CARTOON is also available.
INDEXER: Do not use;
Origin ID : D019492;
UMLS CUI : C0376656;
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Works portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure
representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. The effect is usually achieved
through distortion or exaggeration of characteristics. (Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for
Use in Rare Book and Special Collection Cataloguing, 2d ed)
Work portraying in a critical or facetious way a real individual or group, or a figure
representing a social, political, ethnic, or racial type. The effect is usually achieved
through distortion or exaggeration of characteristics. (Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for
Use in Rare Book and Special Collection Cataloguing, 2d ed)