mneme

[ nee-mee ]

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.

Origin of mneme

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1910–15; <Greek mnḗmē memory; see mnemonic

Other words from mneme

mne·mic [nee-mik], /ˈni mɪk/, adjective

Compare Aoede, Melete.

Words Nearby mneme

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How to use mneme in a sentence

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

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