meme (m m)n. A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. [Shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme, from Greek mim ma, something imitated, from mimeisthai, to imitate; see mimesis.] |
meme [miːm]
n
(Psychology) an idea or element of social behaviour passed on through generations in a culture, esp by imitation
[possibly from mimic, on the model of gene]
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| Noun | 1. | meme - a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation); "memes are the cultural counterpart of genes" acculturation, culture - all the knowledge and values shared by a society biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms |
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