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a cultural feature or a type of behaviour that is passed from one generation to another, without the influence of genes:
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A meme is the cultural equivalent of the unit of physical heredity, the gene.an idea, joke, image, video, etc. that is spread very quickly on the internet:
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Take a look at the top ten internet memes for this past year.noun
an idea that is passed from one member of society to another, not in the genes but often by people copying it
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Other cultures have similar versions of this meme.-
the political and cultural memes of the 21st centuryan image, a video, a piece of text, etc. that is passed very quickly from one internet user to another, often with slight changes that make it humorous
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an internet meme/a blog memenoun
an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media
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… the band encouraged fans to make memes to advertise the U.S. release of their EP …-
—William Gruger-
The grumpy cat meme frowned its way onto the Internet in September 2012 and never turned its dissatisfied head back. Since then, the image of the cranky cat has grown more and more popular in direct proportion to appearing less and less impressed by fame.-
—Anastasia Thriftan idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture
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Memes (discrete units of knowledge, gossip, jokes and so on) are to culture what genes are to life. Just as biological evolution is driven by the survival of the fittest genes in the gene pool, cultural evolution may be driven by the most successful memes.-
—Richard Dawkins