memetic
Americanadjective
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The memetic universe, much like the Marvel Cinematic one, is full of crossovers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
As far as I could tell, Emerson Spartz wasn’t using his memetic superpower either for good or for evil, exactly.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2020
What we see here, then, is something more like memetic drift than an attempt at scientific classification: words and ideas taking on new connotations in the absence of fixed meaning.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2018
At a certain level of fame, people become memetic — ideas and symbols, content to be consumed, rather than fallible human beings.
From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2018
Moreover, how pragmatic frameworks and characteristics of language experiences are interconditioned is a subject that involves a memetic perspective, but is not reducible to it.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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