pastiche
noun
- a literary, artistic, or musical composition made up of bits from various sources; potpourri
- a literary, artistic, or musical composition intended to imitate or caricature another artist's style
- a jumbled mixture; hodgepodge
See pastiche in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pă-stēshˈ, pä-)
noun- A dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent.
- A pasticcio of incongruous parts; a hodgepodge: “In . . . a city of splendid Victorian architecture . . . there is a rather pointless pastiche of Dickensian London down on the waterfront” (Economist).
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