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memetics

American  
[muh-met-iks, mee-] / məˈmɛt ɪks, mi- /

noun

  1. the academic study of memes; a theory of how memes spread and evolve within a culture.


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The magazine urged readers to “photocopy pages and paste them around your town” – a kind of analogue memetics.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

That fear, he speculates, may account for some of the vehemence of the opponents of memetics.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I think memetics is an utterly silly idea," he complains.

From Time Magazine Archive

One advantage of memetics over tradition, Dennett points out, is that it can explain consciousness without resorting to a little man in the back of the head calling all the shots.

From Time Magazine Archive

This condition takes some of the wind out of the sails of memetics.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

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