epigone

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  1. noun A second-rate imitator or follower, especially of an artist or a philosopher.

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  • He is neither a precursor nor an epigone, neither a forerunner nor a late-comer. —  Rashi
  • Epeus 'epigone: Fear of the new - the Internet, Tea, and MapReduce —  Dadblog
  • And while Judt has few good words for Margaret Thatcher, he might try to see that she compares favorably with her epigone Blair at every point, not least in her far less servile attitude toward Washington. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • They only started the notion of an epigone-age in order to secure peace for themselves, and to be able to reject all the efforts of disturbing innovators summarily as the work of epigones. —  Thoughts out of Season Part I
  • Hegel's famous epigone Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) had a field day with Hegel's insights. —  Latest Articles
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  1. French épigone, sing. of épigones, from Greek Epigonoi, sons of the seven heroes against Thebes, from pl. of epigonos, born after : epi-, epi- + gonos, child, seed; see genə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek ἐπίγονος, born after, one born after, in plural offspring, successors, posterity, from ἐπί, upon, + -γονος, from √ *γεν, bear, produce: see -gen, -gene.
  2. from New Latin epigonium.
 

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/ˈɛpɪgoʊn/
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