MEME

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)

Example:

memes are the cultural counterpart of genes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("meme" is a kind of...):

acculturation; culture (all the knowledge and values shared by a society)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)