Meanings
nounculturgen (plural culturgens)
plural culturgens
- One of the propagating mutating cultural units that form the subject of memetics.
Synonyms: meme
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of the propagating mutating cultural units that form the subject of memetics.
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Origin
Introduced by Charles Lumsden and Edward O. Wilson in their book Genes, Mind, and Culture: The Coevolutionary Process (1981); from culture + -gen.
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culturgen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturgen
MLA
“culturgen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturgen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culturgen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culturgen.
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