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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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My Center for Memetics Research studied the way that new ideas spread.

From Scientific American • Apr. 2, 2019

In “Born Under the Sign of Bonanza,” a shadowy Center for Memetics Research deliberately releases false ideas into the world and carefully tracks their spread through the internet, television, and other news media.

From Scientific American • Apr. 2, 2019

Memetics, or the life of ideas and awareness of them, pertains no less to the past than to the present and future.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate. :memory leak: n.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.

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