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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Actually, the word "meme" was introduced as a reference to the word "gene". A "meme" would be a similar concept but in a cultural (rather than biological) realm.

it is "a unit of cultural transmission"—the cultural equivalent of a gene

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/meme-word-origins-history