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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Adjective
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Sporting a red Valentino blazer with peaked lapels and a matching sash, along with a slim pair of flared trousers, Domingo showed that even the most formulaic outfit can still be playful.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025 -
But the more formulaic education becomes, the worse the outcomes seem to be.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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My heroes are all chameleonic actors who transform and manage to transcend something simply mimetic.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That is, the mimic leaves were longer, and less lobed.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2024
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Sting is also a mimic, able to copy Charlotte’s whistle, even though, as the slightly creepy would-be scientist living upstairs tells her, spiders don’t have vocal cords.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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The social self is avoidance-based, conforming, imitative, predictable, planned, and hardworking.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Not surprisingly, Renaissance architects and writers ended up contriving very similar imitative strategies.—
Mario Carpo,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The idea may be just as unoriginal as florals for spring.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The writing in general felt designed by committee to be as inoffensive and unoriginal as possible.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Warm up some canned black beans, and stir in taco seasoning.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
24 Feb. 2025
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The boxes contain canned protein, vegetables, pastas, tomato sauce, and staples such as oatmeal cereal and rice.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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By the beginning of 1956, some American communists openly blamed the poor state of their party on Moscow’s ideological inflexibility—and their own leaders’ slavish obedience to Soviet officials.—
Jeremy Friedman,
Foreign Affairs,
17 July 2024
Adjective
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Burrowes’ new fraud lawsuit also includes claims for unjust enrichment and deceptive business practices.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken some steps to regulate the collection of data in vehicles, focusing on consumer protection and preventing deceptive practices.—
Eric Reicin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Epigonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epigonic. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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