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
declension of epigonism (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) epigonism | epigonismul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) epigonism | epigonismului |
| vocative | epigonismule | |