pastiche

About 0.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.
2. noun A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
3. noun An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.

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

4. noun A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
5. verb To create or compose in a mixture of styles.

Similar words

potpourri medley olio autoparody epigonism period piece piece of art passacaglia opus idiom

Often followed by

of and is in or that as to by

Word family

pastiches pasticheur pasticheurs