ememe

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/ɛˈmiːm/

noun

Any emotional message implied or inferred (metamessage) contained within communication, which is commonly recognised within a specific group of people or culture.

“An ememe can be any language which can be culturally used to convey an emotion. Even 'Ok'or 'How are you' can be examples of ememes.”

OriginEnglish meme ← Middle French emotion ← Old French esmovoir →
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Meanings

nounememe (plural ememes)

plural ememes

  1. Any emotional message implied or inferred (metamessage) contained within communication, which is commonly recognised within a specific group of people or culture.

    An ememe can be any language which can be culturally used to convey an emotion. Even 'Ok'or 'How are you' can be examples of ememes.

    1 more example

    In Reference 49, the word was chosen as the smallest possible, meaningful emotional unit (named ememe along the same lines as phonemes and sememes) […]

    2014, Amit Konar, Aruna Chakraborty, Emotion Recognition: A Pattern Analysis Approach, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 244

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinēmoveō
  11. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  12. Old Frenchesmovoir
  13. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  14. Middle Frenchemotion
  15. Englishemotion
  16. Englishmimemeclip.
  17. Englishmeme
  18. Englishememe

Blend of emotion + meme.

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Cite this entry
APA

ememe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ememe

MLA

“ememe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ememe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ememe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ememe.

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