epigone

A noun referring to a less talented or inferior follower or imitator of a distinguished writer, artist, or musician.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen weniger begabten oder mittelmäßigen Nachfolger oder Nachahmer eines bedeutenden Schriftstellers, Künstlers oder Musikers bezeichnet.

1. Inferior imitator C2 formal art

   A less talented follower or imitator of a distinguished artist, writer, or musician, often lacking originality.

   • The painter was dismissed as a mere epigone of Picasso.
   • Many critics considered the poet an epigone of the Romantic era.
   • The composer's work was seen as that of an epigone, lacking the innovation of his predecessors.

   🇩🇪Epigone

   Synonyme: copycatderivativedisciplefollowerhackimitatorparrotsecond-rater

   Antonyme: creatorgeniusinnovatormasteroriginatorpioneertrailblazer

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• epigone's possessive singular form