Meaning of antimeme | Babel Free
Definitions
- A meme deployed to nullify or protect against another meme.
- A unit of information that prevents itself from being spread, often by erasing itself from any mind that it enters.
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An image macro which intentionally subverts one's expectations by not including a joke; a meme antijoke. Internet
Examples
“I know it's every citizen's civic duty to keep his antimeme vaccinations up to date. But some perverse streak inside me (possibly, now that I think about it, an anti-antimeme meme) made me keep postponing my appointment until it was just too late.”
“As an antimeme to both Christianity and these secular dominant ideologies, humanism in the West was, by the middle of the century able to gain dominance in what had become, effectively, a vacant niche.”
“Notable as well are periodic claims that memetics will make the world a better place, by creating an antimeme meme which will teach us to defend ourselves against the ravages of the selfish memes, ...”
“We have to start spreading antimemes.” “Fight fire with fire?” she said.”
“SCP-055 is a "self-keeping secret" or "anti-meme". Information about SCP-055's physical appearance as well as its nature, behavior, and origins is self-classifying.”
“An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.”
“my favorite parts of these viral memes are the antimemes that appear after we all get sick of them lol”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.