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Definition of Epigonism
1. Noun. an artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation ¹
2. Noun. the product of an epigone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Epigonism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epigonism
Literary usage of Epigonism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"In the case of epigonism, the aid which is obtained from these sources is of a
limited kind : each case must, to a large extent, be judged on its own ..."
2. Hegel and Hegelianism by Robert Mackintosh (1903)
"... still we are emerging from an age of commentaries and epigonism when we have
such books produced as Mr. Bradley's Appearance and Reality, or Professor ..."
3. Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of æsthetics by Julius Meier-Graefe (1908)
"... a race of profound thinkers.1 The Belgian influence superseded the Japanese,
without diminishing the evil in any way. It was epigonism ..."
4. Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of æsthetics by Julius Meier-Graefe (1908)
"It was epigonism of the worse kind, favourable to the manufacturers, who, by
simply changing the ornament, were able to follow all the phases of modern art. ..."
5. What is History?: Five Lectures on the Modern Science of History by Karl Lamprecht (1905)
"The outcome of this movement in the science of history, which had run aground in
the impotent epigonism of art and poetry, as in the barren historicism of ..."
6. The Natural History of the Christian Religion: Being a Study of the Doctrine by William Mackintosh (1894)
"The prophetic or creative period of the old religion had passed away, and instead
of being followed by a period of epigonism, or of feeble reproduction, ..."
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