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meme

Idea, behavior or style that spreads within a culture

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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation (mimesis) from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures. In popular language, a meme may refer to an Internet meme, typically an image, that is remixed, copied, and circulated in a shared cultural experience online.

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Studied by: memetics
Members / parts: behavior nature of statement: often
creative work nature of statement: often
Different from: Meme criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: meme
Mem criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Mem
Model item: internet meme applies to use with property: subclass of
Facet of: culture

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