memeticadj.
/mᵻˈmɛtɪk/, /miːˈmɛtɪk/, U.S. /məˈmɛdɪk/, /ˌmiˈmɛdɪk/ Biology.
Of or relating to memes.
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1977 RAIN No. 19. 12/3 Just as the individual's anatomical structure is also a reflection of genetic combinatorial competence, so also minds are a reflection of a new ‘memetic’ competence.
1993 Amer. Naturalist 141 597 We urge comparative population memetic studies of other species of songbirds.
1994 K. Kelly Out of Control xv. 307 I know of programmers fooling around with algorithms to mimic ‘memetic’ evolution—the flow of ideas (memes) from one mind to another.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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