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epigonic

adjective

variants or epigonous
Definition of epigonicnext
as in imitative
using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model an epic novel that would eventually spawn a vast body of epigonic fiction

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epigonic
  1. imitative
  2. mock
  3. deceptive
  4. formulaic
  5. mimetic
  6. misleading
  7. false
Adjective
  • Using techniques like input-dependent computation and gating, the liquid AI design gives us substantially greater power to access the human-like cognition, albeit imitative, of the machines.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, whenever new tools to crank out communications have become available, somebody has flooded the zone with the fastest, most imitative material that could garner attention.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of imitative
Adjective
  • Allegheny Health Network put its emergency trauma center network to the test Thursday with a first-of-its-kind mock river rescue exercise for the network at Allegheny General Hospital.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The definitive description of Clarus appears in a mock technical note written by Apple developer-support staffer Mark Harlan in 1989 that has long since vanished from the web.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of mock
Adjective
  • That’s why Meta has agreed to pay up to eighteen billion dollars as part of a settlement over predatory and deceptive practices, and why Anthropic is paying writers and publishers (admittedly, pennies) in a copyright settlement.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Some states have enacted laws requiring disclosures or restricting deceptive political deepfakes near elections.
    — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of deceptive
Adjective
  • The inherent challenge in making films dealing with progressive illness is not succumbing to an inescapably formulaic structure that can’t help but go with the territory.
    — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Even though the tides are slowly turning, many video games have formulaic plots that reinforce old-school gender and heteronormative roles, often featuring a hero saving a damsel in distress from a menacing villain.
    — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of formulaic
Adjective
  • But the legacy of the modernist academic-cultural complex blinds us to the mimetic spirit of this new technical logic.
    — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • College and university bureaucracies tend to have a strong mimetic streak.
    — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of mimetic
Adjective
  • The final answer may cite real sources and still be misleading.
    — Patrick Dajos, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Providing false or misleading information to law enforcement undermines those efforts and unnecessarily diverts officers and resources away from members of our community who may need immediate police assistance.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of misleading
Adjective
  • In the wake of the 2020 election, false accusations led to death threats and upended the lives of two Fulton County election workers.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Election law generally requires registration in every state except North Dakota, while federal law prohibits false registration and other forms of election fraud.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of false
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“Epigonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epigonic. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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