Epigonality

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Creative followership; imitation. rare

    "Stifter's own commentary implies that the attempt to distance oneself from epigonality, to overcome it—as was the case with Immerman—collapses the novel, and he arrives at a conscious affirmation epigonic methods."

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epigonismimitation

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"Stifter's own commentary implies that the attempt to distance oneself from epigonality, to overcome it—as was the case with Immerman—collapses the novel, and he arrives at a conscious affirmation epigonic methods."

Etymology

From epigone (“follower; disciple”) + -ality.

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