epigonism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]epigonism (usually uncountable, plural epigonisms)
- An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
- 1948, William Van O'Connor, Sense and Sensibility in Modern Poetry:
- 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 […]
- The product of an epigone.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French épigonisme.
Noun
[edit]epigonism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | epigonism | epigonismul |
| genitive-dative | epigonism | epigonismului |
| vocative | epigonismule | |