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pastiche
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pastiche has 2 senses
- pastiche(n = noun.communication) medley, potpourri - a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources; Array is a kind of composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
- pastiche(n = noun.artifact) Array - a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work; Array is a kind of work of art
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pastiche, n.
1 a medley, esp. a picture or a musical composition, made up from or imitating various sources.
2 a literary or other work of art composed in the style of a well-known author.
1 a medley, esp. a picture or a musical composition, made up from or imitating various sources.
2 a literary or other work of art composed in the style of a well-known author.
Etymology
F f. It. pasticcio ult. f. LL pasta PASTE
THESAURUS
pastiche
adoption, all sorts, appropriation, art object, assemblage, assortment, assumption, blend, borrowed plumes, brainchild, bric-a-brac, broad spectrum, burlesque, caricature, certified copy, classic, composite, composition, compound, conglomeration, copy, copying, counterfeit, creation, derivation, deriving, design, ectype, fair copy, faithful copy, fake, farce, farrago, forgery, gallimaufry, grotesque, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, icon, image, imitation, infringement, jumble, kitsch, lampoon, likeness, magpie, mash, master, masterpiece, masterwork, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mobile, mockery, mocking, motley, museum piece, nude, odds and ends, old master, olio, olla podrida, omnium gatherum, omnium-gatherum, parody, pasticcio, patchwork, phony, picture, piece, piece of virtu, pirating, plagiarism, plagiary, portrait, potpourri, representation, resemblance, salad, salmagundi, satire, sauce, scramble, semblance, similitude, simulacrum, simulation, squib, stabile, statue, stew, still life, study, takeoff, taking, tangle, travesty, virtu, what you will, wicked imitation, work, work of art
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