pastiche

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pas=tiche

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pastiche, n.
1 a medley, esp. a picture or a musical composition, made up from or imitating various sources.
2 a literary or other work of art composed in the style of a well-known author.

Etymology

F f. It. pasticcio ult. f. LL pasta PASTE

THESAURUS

pastiche

adoption, all sorts, appropriation, art object, assemblage, assortment, assumption, blend, borrowed plumes, brainchild, bric-a-brac, broad spectrum, burlesque, caricature, certified copy, classic, composite, composition, compound, conglomeration, copy, copying, counterfeit, creation, derivation, deriving, design, ectype, fair copy, faithful copy, fake, farce, farrago, forgery, gallimaufry, grotesque, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, icon, image, imitation, infringement, jumble, kitsch, lampoon, likeness, magpie, mash, master, masterpiece, masterwork, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mobile, mockery, mocking, motley, museum piece, nude, odds and ends, old master, olio, olla podrida, omnium gatherum, omnium-gatherum, parody, pasticcio, patchwork, phony, picture, piece, piece of virtu, pirating, plagiarism, plagiary, portrait, potpourri, representation, resemblance, salad, salmagundi, satire, sauce, scramble, semblance, similitude, simulacrum, simulation, squib, stabile, statue, stew, still life, study, takeoff, taking, tangle, travesty, virtu, what you will, wicked imitation, work, work of art