Definition of "oeuvre" []

• A work of art. (noun)
• The sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer. (noun)

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• "I've read a bit of her stuff online, and one thing I notice that seems to be missing from her oeuvre is her own romantic past."
• "The general theme permeating the Appleyard oeuvre, is to suggest that humans have needs which, in general, they don't actually have, such as the need for 'the sacred', and the need for 'spiritual depth', and to suggest that science is a threat because it threatens these needs."
• "I strongly suspect that the convention of the oeuvre is that the horrible things threatening the sympathetic characters will not come to pass."