parodisticadj.
/ˌparəˈdɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈdɪstɪk/ Of the nature of a parody; = parodic adj.2
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [adjective] > mockingly imitative
ironical1607
parodial1807
parodistic1845
caricatural1881
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adjective] > style of composition
grandc1666
romantic1836
routinier1837
parodistic1845
rococo1868
virtuose1873
virtuosic1879
galant1884
polymorphous1890
monothematic1894
rococo1904
impressionistic1908
salon1914
gallant1925
athematic1935
non-thematic1946
minimalistic1947
stochastic1958
progressive1963
minimal1968
post-minimal1971
minimalist1977
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > parodic or burlesque
doggerel?1550
burlesquea1700
parodiousa1704
parodical1774
parodial1807
caricaturish1819
parodic1828
parodistic1845
1845 Littell's Living Age 31 May 400/2 A genuine bundle of ballads, various in form and character, and each and all parodistic of the style..of some one or other of our lyric writers.
1881 Daily Tel. 11 July 2/2 The concert included some curious parodistic variations by Ernst Scherz on the ‘Carnival of Venice’.
1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook 427 Freud distinguished between the comic effects of imitation as such, and the parodistic attitude which usually accompanies it.
1977 Gramophone June 106/3 The parodistic ‘Danzon’ is also, I think, the most entertaining of the three dances from Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free.
2000 Church Times 14 July 32/2 It is intentionally parodistic, and hence stylistically rather a montage; but the younger singers' sincerity and commitment, and Nicholas's sound management of such disparate forces save it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1845