memen.

Brit.

/miːm/, U.S.

/mim/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English mimeme.

Etymology: Shortened < mimeme (see quot. 1976¹ at sense 1) < ancient Greek μίμημα that which is imitated ( < μιμεῖσθαι to imitate: see mimesis n.), after gene n.²Coined by Richard Dawkins (b. 1941), British evolutionary biologist.

1. A cultural element or behavioural trait whose transmission and consequent persistence in a population, although occurring by non-genetic means (esp. imitation), is considered as analogous to the inheritance of a gene.

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > cultural element passed on by non-genetic means

meme1976

1976 R. Dawkins Selfish Gene xi. 206 The new soup is the soup of human culture. We need a name for the new replicator, a noun which conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation. ‘Mimeme’ comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like ‘gene’. I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme... It should be pronounced to rhyme with ‘cream’. Examples of memes are tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches.

1976 New Scientist 9 Dec. 619/2 A rational person who hasn't acquired any variety of the God meme described by Richard Dawkins.

1986 Canad. Jrnl. Zool. 64 1576 Congruence of the patterns of morphometric and cultural evolution in these islands suggests..that the differentiation has been influenced by a colonization history involving restricted gene and meme flow between archipelagos, subsequent drift, and possibly founder effects.

1993 Wired Feb. 132/2 I'm not sure what happens to such a culture when radical Maoism is replaced by the far more seductive meme of Western consumer culture.

1998 D. Brin Heaven's Reach 27 On all other dimensional planes, memes could only exist as parasites, dwelling in the host brains or mental processes of physical beings.

2. An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations. Also with modifying word, as internet meme, etc.

ΚΠ

1998 Sci. & Technol. Week (transcript of CNN TV programme) (Nexis) 24 Jan. The next thing you know, his friends have forwarded it [sc. an animation of a dancing baby] on and it's become a net meme.

2000 Guardian 10 Aug. (Online section) 11/3 The best internet memes replicate quickly, gaining authenticity and achieving mythical status as their familiarity grows.

2002 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 26 Jan. d5 Often you attach the meme you intend to spread, and frequently it is no more ‘important’ than a separated-at-birth gag involving George Bush and a monkey.

2013 T. Chatfield Netymology xv. 49 Read the 3,000-word Wikipedia article on ‘Rickrolling’ for an example of how a meme can eat itself several times over within the space of five years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meme
释义	memen. Brit. /miːm/, U.S. /mim/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English mimeme. Etymology: Shortened < mimeme (see quot. 1976¹ at sense 1) < ancient Greek μίμημα that which is imitated ( < μιμεῖσθαι to imitate: see mimesis n.), after gene n.²Coined by Richard Dawkins (b. 1941), British evolutionary biologist. 1. A cultural element or behavioural trait whose transmission and consequent persistence in a population, although occurring by non-genetic means (esp. imitation), is considered as analogous to the inheritance of a gene. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > cultural element passed on by non-genetic means meme1976 1976 R. Dawkins Selfish Gene xi. 206 The new soup is the soup of human culture. We need a name for the new replicator, a noun which conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation. ‘Mimeme’ comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like ‘gene’. I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme... It should be pronounced to rhyme with ‘cream’. Examples of memes are tunes, ideas, catch-phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or of building arches. 1976 New Scientist 9 Dec. 619/2 A rational person who hasn't acquired any variety of the God meme described by Richard Dawkins. 1986 Canad. Jrnl. Zool. 64 1576 Congruence of the patterns of morphometric and cultural evolution in these islands suggests..that the differentiation has been influenced by a colonization history involving restricted gene and meme flow between archipelagos, subsequent drift, and possibly founder effects. 1993 Wired Feb. 132/2 I'm not sure what happens to such a culture when radical Maoism is replaced by the far more seductive meme of Western consumer culture. 1998 D. Brin Heaven's Reach 27 On all other dimensional planes, memes could only exist as parasites, dwelling in the host brains or mental processes of physical beings. 2. An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations. Also with modifying word, as internet meme, etc. ΚΠ 1998 Sci. & Technol. Week (transcript of CNN TV programme) (Nexis) 24 Jan. The next thing you know, his friends have forwarded it [sc. an animation of a dancing baby] on and it's become a net meme. 2000 Guardian 10 Aug. (Online section) 11/3 The best internet memes replicate quickly, gaining authenticity and achieving mythical status as their familiarity grows. 2002 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 26 Jan. d5 Often you attach the meme you intend to spread, and frequently it is no more ‘important’ than a separated-at-birth gag involving George Bush and a monkey. 2013 T. Chatfield Netymology xv. 49 Read the 3,000-word Wikipedia article on ‘Rickrolling’ for an example of how a meme can eat itself several times over within the space of five years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1976
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