noun
- Plural of epigone; inferior imitators or followers of a notable person, especially an artist, philosopher, or leader.
Usage: Usually used in a critical or dismissive sense.; Often refers to second-generation followers who lack the originality of their predecessor.
Examples
- The epigones of the Romantic movement lacked the passion and creativity of Byron and Shelley.
- Many critics dismissed the younger painters as mere epigones of the Abstract Expressionists.
- The philosopher's epigones spread his ideas but rarely contributed original thought.
- Rather than forge their own path, these artists became epigones of the established school.
- History remembers the great innovators, not their epigones.
- The epigones attempted to replicate their master's style but produced only pale imitations.