Quick Definition: A unit of cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that transfer and replicate from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other cultural activities.
Full Definition:
Coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976, the term meme relates to the Greek word mimema for mimic. Memes act as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate and respond to selective pressures, therefore becoming the cultural equivalent of a gene.
The study of memes and how they transfer through cultural generations, and from one culture to another, has spawned “memetics.”
Usage:
Using your own memes that map out your limiting beliefs, how is your thinking towards the world stopping you from sleeping with beautiful women?
Related Terms: Natural Selection, Tribe, Social Conditioning, Limiting Beliefs, Natural Selection, Sexual Selection, Social Conditioning
Source: Richard Dawkins, Evolutionary Biology.
