stick figure

Definitions

1. A simple drawing, usually representing a human.
2. A line drawing with a circle for the head and straight lines for the torso and limbs.
3. An outline, with a more realistic body shape, commonly used on warning signs, bathroom doors, and in other such symbols.
4. A skinny person.
   derogatory

Equivalents

Examples

“The first thing one notices about the painting is the striking difference in style between the human figure⟳ and the animals; the animals are rendered in the naturalistic style of the other figures at Lascaux, but the man is a mere stick⟳ figure⟳ and is so stylized as to seem some sort⟳ of mediation between the naturalistic style of the animals on the one hand and the abstract signs on the other.”

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