epigonus
/ɪˈpɪɡənəs/
noun
- A person who is a less important or less original follower or imitator of someone else, especially an artist or philosopher.
- The young painter was dismissed as an epigonus of the great masters, lacking any fresh ideas.
- Many critics saw the director's latest film as the work of an epigonus, copying the style of a more famous filmmaker.
- In the history of science, an epigonus often repeats the discoveries of a genius without adding new insights.
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