memetics

English

Etymology

Blend of meme +‎ genetics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɛˈmɛtɪks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈmɛtɪks/

Noun

memetics (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The study of memes and their social and cultural effects.
2. (science fiction) The study of information or other entity that self-propagates through a medium, often via a form of sensory input, in a manner comparable to a virus.

Derived terms

• memeticist
• phylomemetics

Translations

study of memes

• Catalan: memètica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 模因學 / 模因学 (móyīnxué), 模因論 / 模因论 (móyīnlùn)

• Czech: memetika f
• Finnish: memetiikka
• French: mémétique (fr) f
• German: Memetik f
• Ido: memetiko
• Japanese: ミーム学 (mīmugaku)
• Polish: memetyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: memética (pt) f
• Russian: меме́тика (ru) f (memétika)
• Spanish: memética (es) f