"meme pool" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meme pools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meme pool (plural meme pools)
  1. (philosophy) The set of all memes present in a given human population, in an analogy to gene pool. Wikipedia link: meme pool Categories (topical): Memetics Related terms: gene pool Translations (philosophy: set of all memes in a given population): meemipooli (Finnish), мемофонд (memofond) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-meme_pool-en-noun-k0aBUHRM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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