Dictionary

collective memory en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A shared pool of information held in the memories of multiple members of a group.
   • Is it important, or even possible, for people to remember the events of Sept. 11 as they happened? Or is it more important for a society to concentrate on collective memory? 2001 October 27, Sarah Boxer, “A Memorial Is Itself A Shaper Of Memory”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • At the same time it vividly evokes the almost preposterous horror of war itself, which Mr. [Walid] Raad experiences both first hand and from a distance, and has evoked as semifictional collective memory. 2006 March 5, Holland Cotter, “The Collective Conscious”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • The shift in the collective memory is also taking place in local schools, where some teachers still refuse to teach lessons on 1921. 2020 February 11, Russell Cobb, “Shifting Collective Memory in Tulsa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Coordinates

institutional memory

Translations (20)

es memoria colectiva (shared pool of information) · nl collectief geheugen (shared pool of information) · tr toplumsal hafıza (shared pool of information) · cs historická paměť (shared pool of information) · fi kollektiivinen muisti (shared pool of information) · de kollektives Gedächtnis (shared pool of information) · cmn 集體回憶 /集体回忆 (shared pool of information) · pt memória coletiva (shared pool of information) · ka კოლექტიური მეხსიერება (shared pool of information) · he זיכרון קולקטיבי (shared pool of information) · ca memòria col·lectiva (shared pool of information) · fa حافظه جمعی (shared pool of information) · pl pamięć kolektywna (shared pool of information) · ast memoria colectiva (shared pool of information) · uk колекти́вна па́м'ять (shared pool of information) · it memoria collettiva (shared pool of information) · fr mémoire collective (shared pool of information) · cmn 集體記憶 /集体记忆 (shared pool of information) · ar ذاكرة جمعية (shared pool of information) · ru коллекти́вная па́мять (shared pool of information)