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memetic

adj
/məˈmɛtɪk/

Etymology

From meme + -etic, by analogy with gene → genetic.

  1. derived from μῑμέομαι
  2. suffixed as memetic — “meme + etic”

Definitions

  1. Of, being, containing, or pertaining to memes

    Of, being, containing, or pertaining to memes; pertaining to replication of concepts.

    • The term internets[…]is an example of memetic usage that functions as a high profile in-joke.
    • But let’s not assume that all of the innuendo and debate is a product of the Russian info-war, or that the Kremlin is a grandmaster of the memetic chessboard.
    • Within different communities, groups, or dyads, the same memetic media could be deployed as a long-standing community in-joke, dadaist absurdity, or even as fighting words (or images, as the case may be).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for memetic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA