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also grotesquery
as in grotesque
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie
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There’s a provision in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that’s supposed to deal with such grotesqueries.
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Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
But the difference with Trump is that his massive influence on American political coalitions is largely based on whether voters thrill to his transgressions or are appalled by his grotesqueries.
—Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
The Big Forehead and Eye Distance filters morph familiar faces into comic grotesqueries, to the delight of all.
—Charlotte Shane, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
Lankov argues that this is a convoluted distortion of one of the real-life grotesqueries of North Korean life.
—Will Sommer, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
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Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
But the difference with Trump is that his massive influence on American political coalitions is largely based on whether voters thrill to his transgressions or are appalled by his grotesqueries.
—Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
The Big Forehead and Eye Distance filters morph familiar faces into comic grotesqueries, to the delight of all.
—Charlotte Shane, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
Lankov argues that this is a convoluted distortion of one of the real-life grotesqueries of North Korean life.
—Will Sommer, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
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“Grotesquerie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grotesquerie. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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