Identikit

/ aɪˈdɛntɪˌkɪt /

noun

1. 1. a set of transparencies of various typical facial characteristics that can be superimposed on one another to build up, on the basis of a description, a picture of a person sought by the police
   2. ( as modifier )

      an Identikit picture

2. modifier artificially created by copying different elements in an attempt to form a whole

   an identikit pop group

Example Sentences

On the track Daydreaming, the repeated phrase “half of my life” is believed to refer to the time Yorke had spent with Owen, and on Identikit, Yorke repeats the phrase “broken hearts make it rain”.

From The Guardian

The Danish word, previously unknown to all but the most hardcore Scandophiles, is now the subject of an avalanche of books, hundreds of Identikit newspaper features, and endless department-store winter displays.

From The Guardian

What you definitely would not want is Identikit teams of perfectly matched robots going through familiar patterns.

From The Guardian

“Broken hearts make it rain,” Yorke sings in Radiohead’s “Identikit,” and that certainly appears to be the case in a year flooded with high-profile breakup records, including more insular efforts from Drake and James Blake.

From Los Angeles Times

Electric guitars only get touched gently, even when they’re being touched in a hurry, like over the motorik putter of “Ful Stop,” or the spartan click-clack of “Identikit.”

From Washington Post