mneme en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈniːmi/
- /ˈniːm/ (dated, uncommon)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Mneme which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904 from Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē). First attested in English in 1921 where it was capitalized Mneme.
Meanings
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Persisting effect of memory of past events.
If the engraphia of the external world could sensibly modify in a few generations the hereditary mneme of the species, it appears evident that the Jewish infants of the present day would be born without prepuce, or at least with an atrophied one.
1911, Auguste Forel, The Sexual question, page 34:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mnemes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fr mnème (Translations)