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PRONUNCIATION OF EPIGON

epigon  [ˈɛpɪˌɡɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIGON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epigon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIGON


bygone
ˈbaɪˌɡɒn
chiliagon
ˈkɪlɪəˌɡɒn
decagon
ˈdɛkəˌɡɒn
dodecagon
dəʊˈdɛkəˌɡɒn
endecagon
enˈdekəˌɡɒn
estragon
ˈɛstrəˌɡɒn
flexagon
ˈflɛksəˌɡɒn
glucagon
ˈɡluːkəˌɡɒn
isogon
ˈaɪsəʊˌɡɒn
nonagon
ˈnɒnəˌɡɒn
pentagon
ˈpɛntəˌɡɒn
polygon
ˈpɒlɪˌɡɒn
spermogone
ˈspɜːməʊˌɡɒn
tetragon
ˈtɛtrəˌɡɒn
trimetrogon
traɪˈmɛtrəˌɡɒn
undecagon
ʌnˈdɛkəˌɡɒn
woebegone
ˈwəʊbɪˌɡɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIGON

epigenetically
epigenetics
epigenist
epigenous
epigeous
epiglottal
epiglottic
epiglottides
epiglottis
epignathous
epigone
Epigoni
epigonic
epigonism
epigonous
Epigonus
epigram
epigrammatic
epigrammatical
epigrammatically

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIGON

Aragon
argon
bandwagon
dragon
Gorgon
hexagon
jargon
jump on the bandwagon
Lake Nipigon
Nipigon
octagon
Oregon
paragon
perigon
Saigon
snapdragon
station wagon
tigon
trigon
wagon

Synonyms and antonyms of epigon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epigon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPIGON

Find out the translation of epigon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epigon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epigon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

epigon
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epigon
570 millions of speakers

English

epigon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epigon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epigon
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Epigon
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epigon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epigon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Epigon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epigon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Epigone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epigon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epigon
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epigon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epigon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epigon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एपिगन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epigon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epigon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Epigon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Epigon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epigon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epigon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epigon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epigon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epigon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epigon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGON»

The term «epigon» is normally little used and occupies the 115.809 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «epigon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «epigon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epigon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIGON»

Discover the use of epigon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epigon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt
90 In a series of thirdcentury land leases from Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome, thet ̄es epigon ̄es were the lessees, sometimes along with Egyptians, of cleruchic holdings.91 According to Bingen, they actually acted as creditors and were ...
Christelle Fischer-Bovet, 2014
2
The epigoniad: A poem. In nine books
EPIGON. I. A. D. BOOK IV. * ND now the princes of the Theban state JOL In council fat, assembled in the gate, Where rows of marble pillars bound the space, To judgment sacred in the days of peace. And Creon thus, with public cares ...
William Wilkie, 1757
3
The Collected Poems of Charles Olson: Excluding the Maximus ...
Epigon. in whose heart it burns Beauty hath two forms in the hidden wood, in the room, sleep Lady, who art birth is as green and rock as magic ring and hummock by wearing water. Birth is a euphemism, two eyes is more 93 LXXXII.
Charles Olson, George F. Butterick, 1997
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(In)fusion Approach: Theory, Contestation, Limits: ...
... the programmatic incompleteness and interpretive anxiety; accountability from an informed consideration of. The. epigon. coming. the. first: Midnight's. Children. The epigon coming the first: Midnight's Children as the postmodern authentic.
Ranjan Ghosh, 2006
5
Boris Eikhenbaum: Voices of a Russian Formalist
... personal tastes ran to beauty and sweetness, could be forced into the role of " realism's epigon" (RRL, 315). From his earliest writings, Eikhenbaum continually expressed irritation with critics who treated imaginative literature as documentary.
Carol Joyce Any, 1994
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Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
Epigon (Gk epi, 'after' + gon, 'birth') A term generally used in German to describe writers who are derivative and who work in and are influenced by the manner and tradition of distinguished predecessors. Hence the idea of a later generation  ...
J. A. Cuddon, 2012
7
Postmodernism and the Enlightenment: New Perspectives in ...
Nietzsche allows these questions to animate the “free spirit,” the figure who replaces the struggling epigon in the pages of Human, All Too Human, and does not allow them to be quieted. Second, Nietzsche's responsiveness to the religious ...
Daniel Gordon, 2014
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A Dictionary of Entomology
1. Growing or living at ground level or above. Botany: Of or relating to emergence of cotyledons above ground surface afler germination. Alt. Epigeal; Epigean. 517 EPIGLOSSA See Epipharynx. EPIGLOTTIS See Epipharynx. EPIGON Noun.
‎2011
9
The Flat Earth/The Flip Side
This little piggy saw“My Fair Pig”; This little piggy recalled a similar GBS tale; This little piggy said, “Wee,wee, wee Believe it's a copy of 'Femalian'” (He went so faras to accuse the author of beingan epigon. An epigon is an inferior imitator of a  ...
David G.S. Greene
10
The Impossibility and Necessity of Theodicy: The Essais of ...
... constitutes, almost, its fate, its destiny – are obliged to overlook Leibniz's critical discussion of the unity of being with the good, attributing an acritical assumption thereof to Leibniz (who is hence considered the last epigon of the middle ages).
Andrea Poma, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPIGON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epigon is used in the context of the following news items.
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BRIEF-Epigon Q1 net profit falls to 429586 zlotys
May 8 Epigon SA : * Q1 revenue 31.6 million zlotys ($8.8 million) versus 32.6 million zlotys year ago. * Q1 operating profit 620,802 zlotys versus ... «Reuters, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Epigon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/epigon>. Apr 2024 ».
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