epigone noun.
['ɛpɪgǝʊn] Pl. epigones, epigoni
[ɪ'pɪgǝnʌɪ, ɛ-]. Also epigon
[-gǝn].
M18.[In pl. from French épigones from Latin epigoni from Greek epigonoi, pl. of epigonos offspring, formed as EPI- + -gonos, from gignesthai be born.]A member of a succeeding (and less distinguished) generation.
■ A. Burgess The generation of traitorsAlfred Adler, Carl Jung, and all their wretched epigones. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲