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Meaning of "epigonism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EPIGONISM

epigonism  [ˈɛpɪɡənɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPIGONISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epigonism 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.

WHAT DOES EPIGONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of epigonism in the English dictionary

The definition of epigonism in the dictionary is an imitation of an artist by a subsequent generation. Other definition of epigonism is the work of an epigone.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPIGONISM


abolitionism
ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪzəm
authoritarianism
ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛərɪənɪzəm
constructionism
kənˈstrʌkʃənɪzəm
dragonism
ˈdræɡənɪzəm
equestrianism
ɪˈkwɛstrɪənɪzəm
evolutionism
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənɪzəm
freeganism
ˈfriːɡənɪzəm
hooliganism
ˈhuːlɪɡənɪzəm
interventionism
ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃənɪzəm
libertarianism
ˌlɪbəˈtɛərɪənɪzəm
Mormonism
ˈmɔːmənɪzəm
neopaganism
ˌniːəʊˈpeɪɡənɪzəm
paganism
ˈpeɪɡənɪzəm
Pan-Africanism
ˈpænˈæfrɪkənɪzəm
post-modernism
ˌpəʊstˈmɒdənɪzəm
protagonism
prəʊˈtæɡənɪzəm
Samaritans
səˈmærɪtənɪzəm
superorganism
ˈsuːpərˌɔːɡənɪzəm
totalitarianism
təʊˌtælɪˈtɛərɪənɪzəm
veganism
ˈviːɡənɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPIGONISM

epigeous
epiglottal
epiglottic
epiglottides
epiglottis
epignathous
epigon
epigone
Epigoni
epigonic
epigonous
Epigonus
epigram
epigrammatic
epigrammatical
epigrammatically
epigrammatise
epigrammatiser
epigrammatism
epigrammatist

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPIGONISM

abstract expressionism
anachronism
antagonism
creationism
exhibitionism
expansionism
expressionism
hedonism
impressionism
interactionism
isolationism
mechanism
monism
obstructionism
Parkinsonism
perfectionism
Platonism
reductionism
trade unionism
unionism
Zionism

Synonyms and antonyms of epigonism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epigonism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPIGONISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

epigonism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epigonismo
570 millions of speakers

English

epigonism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epigonism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epigonism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эпигонства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epígonos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

epigonism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épigonisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epigonism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Epigonentum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epigonism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epigonism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epigonism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epigonism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இழி பாசாங்கின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विचित्रपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

epigonism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epigonismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epigonizmu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

епігонства
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epigonism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epigonism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epigonisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epigonism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epigonism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epigonism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGONISM»

The term «epigonism» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPIGONISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «epigonism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «epigonism» 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 epigonism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPIGONISM»

Discover the use of epigonism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epigonism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Epigonism and the Dynamic of Jewish Culture
The articles collected in this volume were originally presented at a summer colloquium in Oxford in 2004. The 'epigone' is generally believed to be an imitator, deprived of an independent, original talent.
Shelomoh Berger, Irene Ellen Zwiep, 2008
2
Nietzsche and Antiquity: His Reaction and Response to the ...
Nietzsche's. Aesthetic. Solution. to. the. Problem. of. Epigonism. in. the. Nineteenth. Century. Burkhard. Meyer-Sickendiek. For almost two generations, the age following Goethe's death in 1832 has been regarded as the Period of Epigones.
Paul Bishop, 2004
3
Medieval Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Egypt: The Secular Poetry ...
We should note here a recent volume, edited by Shlomo Berger and Irene Zwiep, which approaches the phenomenon of epigonism from a more neutral and more positive perspective.4 By introducing epigonism as a dynamic force rather than ...
Joachim J.M.S. Yeshaya, 2010
4
Cultural Studies of Modern Germany: History, Representation, ...
The import of Across is therefore more traditional and more radical than Kolleritsch's "modernist epigonism." The radicalism is by no means limited to the murder, which takes place in the second part of the novel with its Brechtian title: " The ...
Russell A. Berman, 1993
5
August Halm: A Critical and Creative Life in Music
Epigonism. Frustrated by publishers' lack of interest in his compositions, Halm maintained confidence through various self-reassuring rationales mentioned earlier: the regard for tradition (Yellow Emperor, chess openings); public acceptance ...
Lee Allen Rothfarb, 2009
6
Music Divided: Bartók's Legacy in Cold War Culture
epigonism. Thus, some of the musical judgments made by modernist thinkers of the late 1940s reveal thinly concealed political worries: the need to overcome the legacy of Nazism came together with more current concerns about the incursion ...
Danielle Fosler-Lussier, 2007
7
Choral Fantasies: Music, Festivity, and Nationhood in ...
Yet such a gesture was also potentially problematic, as both the Lobgesang's rocky reception history and its broader context make clear: whereas for Mendelssohn writing a choral symphony after Beethoven courted the danger of epigonism, ...
Ryan Minor, 2012
8
German Modernism: Music and the Arts
... 4 Austria, German culture and, 7–8 Bach, Johann Sebastian: and cultural regeneration, 139–44; and epigonism, 260n25; fin-de-siècle public reception of, 144–45; Germanness and, 10, 178; and Grand Style, 27; and music theory, 146– 49; ...
Walter Frisch, 2005
9
Cultural Interactions in the Romantic Age: Critical Essays ...
... wirklicher Ausverkauf [closing-out sale].3 Kierkegaard's own sense of belatedness vis-a-vis the German Romantics (above all, Friedrich Schlegel, Ludwig Tieck and E. T. A. Hoffmann) was nothing less than acute, since in his case epigonism ...
Gregory Maertz, 1998
10
Capitalism from Outside?: Economic Cultures in Eastern ...
As elsewhere in “peripheral” economic science, the habitual epigonism/creativity dilemma emerges. In this particular field, “a theoretical endeavor in Bulgaria is impossible,” according to one of the respondents. “The main institutionalist ...
Violetta Zentai, Janos Matyas Kovacs, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPIGONISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epigonism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hans Hollein (1934–2014)
... and would happily charge us latecomers with epigonism when we stepped to close to him—notice that we are now building him a pedestal? «Artforum, Sep 14»

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