pastiche
C1CEFR level
78/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
General noun
A work that openly imitates the style of another artist or period, often as homage.
His latest film is an affectionate pastiche of 1940s film noir.
Law noun
A composition that imitates or assembles the style of other works, exempted under some copyright regimes.
The track was defended as pastiche, stitching together the mannerisms of several eras without copying any one song.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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