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cartoonishness

cartoonishness noun: the state or condition of being cartoonish.

Noun

cartoonishness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being cartoonish.
    • But while Katy Perry similarly threw herself into the spirit of the event – crowdsurfing, dancing with a security guard, charming the audience – her peculiar combination of newfound political conscience and longstanding predisposition to DayGlo cartoonishness was simultaneously intriguing and...2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian
    • Peggy Cosgrave, under the direction of Penguin’s artistic director, Joe Brancato, gives Clara a genial, down-to-earth kindness that keeps her simplicity from crossing over into cartoonishness — a real risk given the jokey facility of Mr. Dudzick’s writing.2009 May 31, Sylviane Gold, “And All Because Mary Visited the Barbershop”, in New York Times

Origin of cartoonishness

From cartoonish + -ness.

Questions about cartoonishness

What does cartoonishness mean?
Cartoonishness means the state or condition of being cartoonish.
What part of speech is cartoonishness?
Cartoonishness is a noun.

Words near cartoonishness in the dictionary

  1. cartooniness
  2. cartooning
  3. cartoonings
  4. cartoonish
  5. cartoonishly
  6. cartoonishness
  7. cartoonist
  8. cartoonistic
  9. cartoonists
  10. cartoonization
  11. cartoonize

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