mneme

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See also: Mneme and mněme

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mneme which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904.[1] First attested in English in 1921 where it was capitalized Mneme.[2] From Ancient Greek μνήμη.

Noun

mneme (plural mnemes)

  1. Persisting effect of memory of past events. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

References

  • Hutchinson Encyclopaedia
  1. ^ Semon, Richard (1908) “Engraphische Wirkung der Reize auf das Individuum [Engraphic Effect of Stimuli on the Individual]”, in Die Mneme: Als Erhaltendes Prinzip Im Wechsel Des Organischen Geschehens‎, 2nd edition (overall work in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →OCLC, page 22: “Die Erscheinungen, die am Organismus aus dem Vorhandensein eines bestimmten Engramms oder einer Summe von solchen resultieren, bezeichne ich als mnemische Erscheinungen. Den Inbegriff der mnemischen Fähigkeiten eines Organismus bezeichne ich als seine Mneme.”
  2. ^ Semon, Richard (1921 January) “II (Engraphic Action of Stimuli on the Individual)”, in Louis Simon, transl., The Mneme‎, Cornell University Library, published 2005, page 24

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

mneme

  1. first-person plural present of mnout
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