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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>meme plague</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="meme.html" title="meme"/><link rel="next" href="memetics.html" title="memetics"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">meme plague</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="meme.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="memetics.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="meme-plague"/><dt xmlns="" id="meme-plague"><b>meme plague</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The spread of a successful but pernicious
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<a href="meme.html"><i class="glossterm">meme</i></a>, esp. one that parasitizes the victims into
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giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's
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religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by
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the historical fact that ‘joiner’ ideologies like Naziism or
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various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like
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cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir
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populations.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="meme.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="memetics.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">meme<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>memetics</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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