pastiche
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The play, a sumptuous historical pastiche, is both an invitation and a daunting challenge to theater makers.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Mr. Tarantino wouldn’t be the filmmaker he is if his work were mere pastiche; the scene showcases his own mastery of heightening drama.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
The building is a matte-black pyramid, fitted with 4,407 rooms and 65,000 square feet of gaming space, all flourished with pop-Egyptian pastiche.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
This alienation breeds a twisted utopian mentality that not only rejects modernity, but also tradition and the actual past in favor of a cartoonish pastiche that misapprehends both the past and the present.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
The last of these quotations is a pastiche, but the other two are real, and all are typical of the inward-looking style that makes academic writing so tedious.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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