1. a person who imitates or follows in the style of a predecessor, especially an inferior imitator; an epigone.
Usage: formal; literary; often used in academic or critical contexts

Examples

• The critic dismissed the young artist as merely an epigonus of the Romantic movement.
• Rather than forge his own path, he remained an epigonus of his mentor's established techniques.
• The novel was criticized for being the work of an epigonus rather than a true visionary.
• In literary history, many epigonus figures emerged after the death of the great masters.
• She refused to be labeled an epigonus and worked tirelessly to develop her unique voice.