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epigonisms

epigonisms is the plural of epigonism.

Meaning of epigonism

Noun

epigonism (usually uncountable, plural epigonisms)

  1. (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 […]1948, William Van O'Connor, Sense and Sensibility in Modern Poetry
  2. (usually) The product of an epigone.

Questions about epigonisms

What is epigonisms the plural of?
Epigonisms is the plural of epigonism.

Words near epigonisms in the dictionary

  1. epigonic
  2. epigonid
  3. epigonids
  4. epigonion
  5. epigonism
  6. epigonisms
  7. Epigonoi
  8. epigonous
  9. epigons
  10. epigonus
  11. epigram

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