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Memeoid

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origin: Coined by VectorHKH in Analog Magazine 1987-08. Vide httpMEMETICS AND THE MODULAR-MIND. Acknowledged by Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, 2nd ed., page 330.

A person "whose behavior is so strongly influenced by a meme that their own survival becomes inconsequential in their own minds." (Such as: Kamikazes, Shiite terrorists, Jim Jones followers, any military personnel). hosts and memebots are not necessarily memeoids.


See also: meme; auto-toxic; exo-toxic.


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