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pastiche
pastiche
See also: pastiché
English
Noun
pastiche (plural pastiches)
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Botticelli's original on the left, pastiche on the right. (1)
- A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.
- A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
- An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
- (uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
Translations
work that imitates the work of a previous artist
musical medley
incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge
postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles
Verb
pastiche (third-person singular simple present pastiches, present participle pastiching, simple past and past participle pastiched)
- To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: pastichent, pastiches
Verb
pastiche
- first-person singular present indicative of pasticher
- third-person singular present indicative of pasticher
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pasticher
- third-person singular present subjunctive of pasticher
- second-person singular imperative of pasticher