Epigonism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition. uncountable, usually

    "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 […]"

  2. 2
    The product of an epigone. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

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epigonality

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"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 […]"

Etymology

From epigone + -ism.

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