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culturgen

culturgen noun: one of the propagating mutating cultural units that form the subject of memetics.

Noun

culturgen (plural culturgens)

  1. One of the propagating mutating cultural units that form the subject of memetics.
    Synonyms:
    meme

Synonyms of culturgen

Forms of culturgen

pluralculturgens

Origin of culturgen

Introduced by Charles Lumsden and Edward O. Wilson in their book Genes, Mind, and Culture: The Coevolutionary Process (1981); from culture + -gen.

Questions about culturgen

What does culturgen mean?
Culturgen means one of the propagating mutating cultural units that form the subject of memetics.
What part of speech is culturgen?
Culturgen is a noun.
What is the plural of culturgen?
The plural of culturgen is culturgens.

Words near culturgen in the dictionary

  1. culturette
  2. culturettes
  3. cultureware
  4. culturewide
  5. culturewise
  6. culturgen
  7. culturgens
  8. culturicidal
  9. culturicide
  10. culturicides
  11. culturing

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