Meaning of pastiche | Babel Free

Definitions

1. pastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)
2. A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.
   countable, uncountable
3. A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
   countable, uncountable
4. An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
   countable, uncountable
5. A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
   uncountable

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Examples

“He argued that the failure of the future was constitutive of a postmodern cultural scene which, as he correctly prophesied, would become dominated by pastiche and revivalism.”

“This supposed research paper is a pastiche of passages from unrelated sources.”

“The house failed to attract a buyer because the decor was a pastiche of Bohemian and Scandinavian styles.”

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