epigone

• Nom désignant un successeur ou imitateur médiocre d'un écrivain, artiste ou musicien illustre, dépourvu du talent original de son modèle.

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

1. Inferior imitatorC2formalart

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

   Imitation inférieure

   • 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.

   Synonymescopycatderivativedisciplefollowerhackimitatorparrotsecond-rater

   Antonymescreatorgeniusinnovatormasteroriginatorpioneertrailblazer