self-caricature
noun [ C or U ] (also selfcaricature) uk/ˌselfˈkær.ɪ.kə.tʃʊər/ us/ˌselfˈker.ə.kə.tʃʊr/
自编自导;自我造势
someone's way of behaving that is an exaggeration (= a bigger, better, or worse version) of what they are really like
Eventually his alienation became an act, a tiresome self-caricature. 最终，他的疏远变成了一种行为，一种令人厌烦的自我表演。
The poet was not in fact the dry old stick of his self-caricature.
- More examples
- This character is so idolized by the author as to seem a form of creative self-caricature.
- We are witnessing the full-blown manifestation of a self-caricature that has developed throughout the campaign.
- Nicholson, playing the psychoanalyst, goes into full self-caricature mode.