La memoria collettiva
Example: La memoria collettiva plasma l'identità culturale di una società.
Definition
"La memoria collettiva" refers to the shared pool of knowledge, experiences, and cultural memories held by a group or society, which shapes their collective identity and influences how history is remembered and interpreted.
Etymology
The phrase "la memoria collettiva" comes from Italian, where "memoria" means memory and "collettiva" means collective. It reflects the concept of shared memory within a community, emphasizing how groups remember their past together rather than individually.
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the collective memory