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epigonism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epigo-nism
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.

Uncountable

noun

The product of an epigone.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English epigone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English epigonism From epigone + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

epigonisms (plural)

Questions

What does epigonism mean?
An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
Where does epigonism come from?
Etymology tree English epigone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English epigonism From epigone + -ism.

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