epigonism

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Definition of epigonism

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noun

(uncountable, usually)An 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 […]”

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noun

(uncountable, usually)An 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 […]”
(uncountable, usually)The product of an epigone.

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From epigone + -ism.

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