mneme

[ nee-mee ]

/ ˈni mi /

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noun

Psychology. the retentive basis or basic principle in a mind or organism accounting for memory.

(initial capital letter)Classical Mythology. the Muse of memory, one of the original three Muses.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.

Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Compare Aoede, Melete.

Origin of mneme

1910–15; <Greek mnḗmē memory; see mnemonic

mne·mic

[nee-mik], /ˈni mɪk/, adjective

The sum of the hereditary and individual engrams thus produced in a living organism is designated by the term mneme.
The Sexual Question|August Forel
Semon also shows that the phenomena of regeneration in the embryo, as well as those of the adult, obey the law of the mneme.
The Sexual Question|August Forel
The mental faculties of animal species, as well as their physical characters, depend on their ancestral hereditary mneme.
The Sexual Question|August Forel
I refer the reader to what has been said concerning the mneme (Chapter I).
The Sexual Question|August Forel

There is episteme, which is connected with stasis, as mneme is with meno.
Cratylus|Plato