PASTICHE


Meaning of PASTICHE in English

pas ‧ tiche /pæˈstiːʃ/ BrE AmE noun

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: French ; Origin: Italian pasticcio 'pie, mixture' , from Late Latin pasta ; ⇨ ↑ paste 1 ]

1 . [countable] a piece of writing, music, film etc that is deliberately made in the style of someone or something else ⇨ parody

pastiche of

The film is a pastiche of the Hollywood Wild West.

2 . [countable] a work of art that consists of a variety of different styles put together

3 . [uncountable] the practice of making a piece of writing, music, film etc using the style of something else or using a variety of different styles

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.