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What is the noun for epigonism?

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epigone
  1. A follower or disciple.
  2. An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “She was a loyal epigone of the renowned professor, always attending his lectures and promoting his ideas among her peers.”
      “I would be an epigone and no artist if I only used the experiences of others without developing them any further.”
      “The man doesn't like to be dubbed an epigone, especially of the fusion restaurants that have mushroomed in Banjara Hills and Begumpet.”
epigonism
  1. an artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation
  2. the product of an epigone
  3. Examples:
    1. “Research is required into what is still feasible nowadays and how, for example, the problems of copying and epigonism can and must be tackled.”
      “Yet Matthew Day Jackson's recent project rarely felt like simple epigonism.”
      “Nevertheless, his reading of Nietzsche's texts cannot be characterized as a form of indiscriminate copying or unquestioned epigonism.”
epigonisms
  1. plural of epigonism
epigones
  1. plural of epigone
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Three of the newcomers seem to be promising epigones in need of additional grooming.”
      “In the context of the pervasive nineteenth century idealism of Hegel, Kant and their epigones, this axiomatic statement was anything but banal.”
      “To be sure, American writers and entertainers didn't all suddenly begin reading him and decide to become his epigones.”
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