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ememe

/ɛˈmiːm/

ememe noun: any emotional message implied or inferred (metamessage) contained within communication, which is commonly recognised within a specific group of people or culture.

Noun

ememe (plural ememes)

  1. Any emotional message implied or inferred (metamessage) contained within communication, which is commonly recognised within a specific group of people or culture.
    • An ememe can be any language which can be culturally used to convey an emotion. Even 'Ok'or 'How are you' can be examples of ememes.
    • In Reference 49, the word was chosen as the smallest possible, meaningful emotional unit (named ememe along the same lines as phonemes and sememes) […]2014, Amit Konar, Aruna Chakraborty, Emotion Recognition: A Pattern Analysis Approach, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 244

Forms of ememe

pluralememes

Origin of ememe

Blend of emotion + meme.

Questions about ememe

What does ememe mean?
Ememe means any emotional message implied or inferred (metamessage) contained within communication, which is commonly recognised within a specific group of people or culture.
What part of speech is ememe?
Ememe is a noun.
How do you pronounce ememe?
Ememe is pronounced /ɛˈmiːm/.
What is the plural of ememe?
The plural of ememe is ememes.

Words near ememe in the dictionary

  1. emeleusite
  2. Emelia
  3. Emelianoff
  4. Emeline
  5. Emels
  6. ememe
  7. ememes
  8. emenagogue
  9. emenagogues
  10. emend
  11. emendable

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