1976, introduced by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene," coined by him from Greek sources, such as mimeisthai "to imitate" (see mime), and intended to echo gene.
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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1. The second was memes? the basis of cultural evolution.
第二复制因子是指模因( meme )――文化进化的基础.
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2. Meme is the supposition presented by Dawkins, a Neo - Darwinist, to explain the evolution law of human beings.
模因是新达尔文主义者 Dawkins 提出的假设, 用来解释人类文化进化的规律.
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3. According to memetics, language itself is a meme and spreads as the carrier of other memes.
从模因论角度看, 语言本身就是一种模因并作为模因载体进行传播.
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4. It also analyzes the relationship between alienation , domestication and the transmitting of meme.
在此基础上分析了归化翻译和井化翻译与模因传播的关系.
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5. The picture a real buzz in the internet becoming a very well known meme.
