variants
or epigonous
as in copied
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
Adjective
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Because of the surplus of algorithmic, formulaic AI language, students who learn to write elegantly, experiment with form and language, and subvert expectations in their prose will stand out in the competitive admissions landscape.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025 -
She’s gotten no explanation beyond that one, formulaic March 10 email dispatched to the university.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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To get robotic collectives closer to Terminator’s mimetic polyalloy, the team wants to make the robots smaller.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2025
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These mimetic dynamics play out not just within countries but between them.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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What To Know The number of people using GLP-1 mimic medications like Ozempic has skyrocketed in recent years.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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The prospect of armies of AI bots that more closely mimic human users, and therefore resist detection, is both worrisome and probably inevitable.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Oct. 2018
Adjective
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The word was likely imitative of the deep humming sound male bees make.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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The results suggested that felines may have imitative skills and the ability to recognize behavioral similarities.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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People hated generics so much that the name itself became a mild insult, synonymous with anything unoriginal or uninspired.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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These stories are shockingly unoriginal, both in the real world and in films and television.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Interviewers are more attuned than ever to canned or inauthentic responses.—
Andrew Fennell,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Dessert Options Multiply While canned and frozen options may be available year-round, there’s no denying that fresh fruit just tastes better—especially when baked into a cobbler or churned into ice cream.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Nonetheless, the film’s tension is almost immediately diffused by a slavish devotion to the facts.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Yet in Kim’s slavish dedication to the Jeju haenyeo’s testimony, many questions that arise in this setting are left unexplored.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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During the defense’s cross-examination of Kid Cudi, lawyers representing Combs portrayed Ventura as deceptive of both men.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, filed a suit against ExxonMobil last year that, in part, accuses the oil giant of deceptive claims regarding chemical recycling, which the company disputes.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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“Epigonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epigonic. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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