memetics
/məˈmɛtɪks/noun
memetics is a noun meaning “The study of memes and their social and cultural effects” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-E-M-E-T-I-C-S, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does memetics mean?
noun
- 1
The study of memes and their social and cultural effects.
- 2
The study of information or other entity that self-propagates through a medium, often via a form of sensory input, in a manner comparable to a virus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce memetics?
- UK /mɛˈmɛtɪks/
- US /məˈmɛtɪks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is memetics?
Memetics appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Memetics in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of memes:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does memetics come from?
Blend of meme + genetics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).