as in adherent
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
few of director Alfred Hitchcock's many epigones possess quite the same wit or style as the master
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Recent Examples of epigone
But clearly no cautious epigone, Dawson responded to Dvorak’s charge with results that are entirely his own.
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Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
Ms. Yamaguchi is an heir of Tamara de Lempicka, epigone of Art Deco figuration.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 13 July 2017
That became the conventional wisdom once their stateside epigones took up the cry.
—Tom Carson, New York Times, 1 June 2016
Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
Ms. Yamaguchi is an heir of Tamara de Lempicka, epigone of Art Deco figuration.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 13 July 2017
That became the conventional wisdom once their stateside epigones took up the cry.
—Tom Carson, New York Times, 1 June 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epigone
Noun
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This post-neoliberal script has adherents on both sides of the political aisle.—
Jennifer M. Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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But after making an initial splash in 2009 thanks to high-profile adherents like marathon star Paula Radcliffe, the first wave of high-quality studies supported the idea that beet juice really does improve endurance.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Gaudium et Spes, 22), finally appearing to his disciples after the resurrection with his glorious body.—
Daniel Burke,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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Friedman, a Frank Lloyd Wright disciple, was head of the UC Berkeley School of Architecture at the time the house was built.—
Pueng Vongs,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Emilie Kiser has more than three million followers on TikTok and one million followers on Instagram.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The club has four million followers on Instagram — double that of Sunday’s fellow finalists, United — and over 800k followers on TikTok.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Image Image Throughout, Bob, as his American friends still call him, or Roberto, as his Spanish and Italian ones do, has remained consistently low-key, a gray man in a world of outsized personalities cloaked in sumptuous scarlet cassocks, an earnest admin of the apostles.—
Mitra Taj,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Like those of other popes, Francis' ring has an image of St. Peter the apostle and Francis' own name.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Epigone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epigone. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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