memenoun [ C ]
/miːm/uk/miːm//miːm/meme noun [ C ] (BEHAVIOUR)
specialized biology a cultural feature or a type of behaviour that is passed from one generation to another, without the influence of genes:
A meme is the cultural equivalent of the unit of physical heredity, the gene.
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Lifestyles & their study
- anthropogenic
- anthropologist
- anthropology
- cultural
- culture
- demographer
- ethnography
- ethnological
- ethnology
- hermetic
- lifestyle
- living
- lot
- milieu
- suburbia
- the global village
- trend
- vegetate
- way of life idiom
- westernize
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Behaving, interacting and behaviour
meme noun [ C ] (ON INTERNET)
specialized internet & telecoms an idea, image, video, etc. that is spread very quickly on the internet:
Take a look at the top ten internet memes for this past year.
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- chill room
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- JPEG
- posting
- troll
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web hosting
- web-enabled
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