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Caricature MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Caricature
Tree Number(s)
V01.185.500
V02.700.074
Unique ID
D019492
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019492
Annotation
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
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
Caricatures
History Note
2008(1997)
Date Established
1997/01/01
Date of Entry
1996/06/21
Revision Date
2018/07/13

No Qualifiers
Caricature Preferred
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