Okay, no one in their right mind would actually use the word epigone (you say it EPigohn) unless they were slightly drunk at an Oxford University High Table, but it's a Very Useful Word for Thinking Purposes.
An epigone is an inferior follower or imitator.
It's an idea that makes so much of human behaviour a lot clearer, isn't it.
Word To Use Today: epigone. This word was coined in the 1800s and is based on the Greek word epigonos, one born after, from gignesthai, to be born.
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