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meme pool

meme pool noun: the set of all memes present in a given human population.

Noun

meme pool (plural meme pools)

  1. The set of all memes present in a given human population.
    • Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs, so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which, in the broad sense, can be called imitation.1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

Forms of meme pool

pluralmeme pools

Origin of meme pool

By analogy with gene pool.

Questions about meme pool

What does meme pool mean?
Meme pool means the set of all memes present in a given human population.
What part of speech is meme pool?
Meme pool is a noun.
What is the plural of meme pool?
The plural of meme pool is meme pools.

Words near meme pool in the dictionary

  1. meme
  2. meme coin
  3. meme coins
  4. meme magic
  5. meme on
  6. meme pool
  7. meme pools
  8. meme speak
  9. meme stock
  10. meme stocks
  11. meme-able

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