memocide

memocide

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English mimemeclip.
English meme
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.
Proto-Italic *kaidō
Latin caedō
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin -cīda
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin -cīdiumder.
Middle French -cidebor.
English -cide
English memocide

    From meme + -cide.

    Noun

    memocide (plural memocides)

    1. An attempt to eradicate one or more ideas; for example eradication by book burning and censorship.
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