"memocide" meaning in English

See memocide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: memocides [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English mimemeclip. English meme Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English memocide From meme + -cide. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|meme|-cide<id:killing>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English mimemeclip. English meme Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English memocide [Appendix:Glossary#clipping|Clipping]] of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mimeme", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "clipping" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "meme", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "killing", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-cīda", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "suffix denoting “killer”, “cutter”" }, { "id" : "abstract suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ijos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-(i)yós", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ios", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ium", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-cīdium", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-cide", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-cide", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "memocide", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="memocide"> From meme + -cide. Head templates: {{en-noun}} memocide (plural memocides)
  1. An attempt to eradicate one or more ideas; for example eradication by book burning and censorship.
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Inflected forms

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