mentifact
mentifact noun: a shared idea, value, or belief of a culture that influences how individuals perceive the world around them. This includes intangible aspects of the culture, such as language, religion, and philosophy.
Noun
mentifact (plural mentifacts)
- A shared idea, value, or belief of a culture that influences how individuals perceive the world around them. This includes intangible aspects of the culture, such as language, religion, and philosophy.
- The Golden Rule, for example, is a mentifact in American culture today.1953, Irwin Taylor Sanders, editor, Societies Around the World, volume 1: Eskimo, Navajo, Baganda, Dryden Press, page 15
- Mentifacts and replicas, including other surrogates like holograms, were accepted as apt substitutes for artifacts because they, too, demonstrate and may even exceed artifacts in revealing culture.1994 January 1, Peter E. Rider, Studies in history and museums, University of Ottawa Press, page 85
Forms of mentifact
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Questions about mentifact
- What does mentifact mean?
- Mentifact means a shared idea, value, or belief of a culture that influences how individuals perceive the world around them. This includes intangible aspects of the culture, such as language, religion, and philosophy.
- What part of speech is mentifact?
- Mentifact is a noun.
- What is the plural of mentifact?
- The plural of mentifact is mentifacts.
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