epigonism

Definition

An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.

Etymology

From epigone + -ism.

Example Sentences

• "Such a form of epigonism seems explicable only in that the authors, having no poetic sensibilities of their own, appropriate a poetry with which, presumably, they grew up. An even less excusable form of epigonism is the fairly frequent […]"