由當代英國演化生物學家根據希臘語杜撰出來的一個詞。來自希臘語mimeisthai,模仿,詞源同mime,mimetic.用於指生物的模仿傳遞行為,拚寫部分受到gene的影響。
We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation. 'Mimeme' comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like 'gene'. I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme. If it is any consolation, it could alternatively be thought of as being related to 'memory', or to the French word même. It should be pronounced to rhyme with 'cream'. [Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene," 1976]
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