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| Main Entry: |
pastiche
 [pa-steesh, pah-] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work of art formed from disparate sources |
| Synonyms: | assortment, collage, collection, compilation, copy, hodgepodge, imitation, mishmosh, paste-up, patchwork, potpourri, reappropriation, reproduction, synthesis |
| Main Entry: | caricature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated description in writing, drawing |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, cartoon, distortion, farce, imitation, lampoon, libel, mimicry, mockery, parody, pasquinade, pastiche, put-on, ridicule, satire, send-up, sham, takeoff, travesty |
| Main Entry: | jumble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hodgepodge |
| Synonyms: | assortment, chaos, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, farrago, gallimaufry, garbage, goulash, hash, litter, medley, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, muddle, mélange, olio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle, snarl, tangle, tumble |
| Antonyms: | order, organization |
Example Sentences
- Some designers are good at doing a modern-looking pastiche or tear-sheeting ideas from magazines and updating them.
- It continues with our heads bent over a disorganized pastiche of nonstandard sentences set in one enormous paragraph.
- It's a pastiche world, lovingly glued together from bits and pieces of remembered stories.
| Main Entry: | lampoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parody, satire |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, invective, pasquil, pasquinade, pastiche, ridicule, roast, send-up, skit, squib, takedown, takeoff |
| Main Entry: | medley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellany |
| Synonyms: | assortment, brew, collection, combo, composition, confusion, conglomeration, farrago, hodgepodge, jumble, melee, mingling, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, mélange, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety |
| Antonyms: | loneness, singularity |
| Main Entry: | mélange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture |
| Synonyms: | assortment, combo, confusion, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, soup, stew |
| Antonyms: | singularity |
| Main Entry: | miscellany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | varied collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, anthology, assortment, brew, collectanea, combination, combo, compilation, conglomeration, cumulation, diversity, farrago, gallimaufry, garbage*, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, melee, mess, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, muddle, mélange, odds and ends, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, smorgasbord, stew, variety |
| Antonyms: | single |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imitation, spoof |
| Synonyms: | apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mock-heroic, mockery, pastiche, play-on, raillery, rib, ridicule, roast, satire, send-up, skit, takeoff, travesty |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | patchwork |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture, hodgepodge |
| Synonyms: | check, confusion, disorder, hash, jumble, medley, miscellany, mishmash, muddle, olio, pastiche, plaid, salad, salmagundi, stew, tartan |
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