Definition of meme

sustain Definition: (verb) to keep in existence or continue. Petersons.com

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meme    (mm) KEY  

NOUN:

A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Shortening (modeled on gene ), of mimeme from Greek mimma, something imitated, from mimeisthai, to imitate ; see mimesis

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