epigonism

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noun

An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.

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Meanings

nounepigonism (usually uncountable, plural epigonisms)

plural epigonisms

  1. uncountableusuallyAn artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.

    Such a form of epigonism seems explicable only in that the authors, having no poetic sensibilities of their own, appropriate a poetry with which, presumably, they grew up. An even less excusable form of epigonism is the fairly frequent […]

    1948, William Van O'Connor, Sense and Sensibility in Modern Poetry
  2. uncountableusuallyThe product of an epigone.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
epigonality

Origin

From epigone + -ism.

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APA

epigonism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epigonism

MLA

“epigonism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epigonism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epigonism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epigonism.

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