Epigon
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
An unoriginal or lesser imitator of a celebrated writer, artist, or thinker, lacking the genius of the original.
“Critics dismissed his derivative canvases as the work of an epigon rather than an original voice.”
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ep·i·gon
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