Meme Definition
A concept, belief, or practice conceived as a unit of cultural information that may be passed on from person to person, subject to influences in a way analogous to natural selection.
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Origin of Meme
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Shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme from Greek mimēma something imitated from mimeisthai to imitate mimesis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene (1976). Shortened (after gene) from mimeme, from Ancient Greek μίμημα (mimema, “imitation, copy”).
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