A memória coletiva
Example: A memória coletiva molda a identidade cultural de uma nação.
Definition
"A memória coletiva" refers to the shared pool of knowledge, experiences, and memories held by a group or community that helps shape their cultural identity and historical understanding. It influences how societies remember and interpret past events together.
Etymology
The term "a memória coletiva" comes from Portuguese, where "memória" means memory, derived from the Latin 'memoria', and "coletiva" means collective, from Latin 'collectivus'. It reflects the idea of memory not just as an individual experience but as one shared among a group.
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the collective memory