Epigonism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Epigonism is a noun meaning An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
Meaning
An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
More Meanings
- The product of an epigone.
Example Sentences
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 […]
Word Forms
- epigonisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include epigonality, autoparody, pasticheur, pastiche, parodying, eidolopeia.
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