Folkway

Word FOLKWAY
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈfəʊkweɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Folkway"

What do we mean by folkway?

A practice, custom, or belief shared by the members of a group as part of their common culture. noun

A custom or belief common to members of a society or culture noun

Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Folkway

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The word "folkway" in example sentences

Its main ambition was to liberate individuals from the arbitrary authority of place, family, and folkway, and to permit them a life of material success amid an economic system that generated an endless bazaar of values ... ❋ Burke's Corner (2009)

Backdating was evidently a Silicon Valley folkway. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The same is true of any folkway so long as it is not yet doubted. ❋ William Graham Sumner (1875)

And thence to the tangled thicket where the folkway cleaves it through, ❋ William Morris (1865)

It is an entrenched North American folkway that kites should fly in March. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Fry does beat him, once, then decides this is one folkway she cannot accept. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This sort of diversity makes it rather peculiar to speak of a Mid-Atlantic cultural folkway in which Germans, Dutch, Quakers, Roman Catholics, Swedes and Long Island Yankees can be thrown together into one pot. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When You are indulging in the common customs and folkway of song dynasty, then in a sudden you have been led into a delicately arranged performance: look, isn't the pock-faced Bao zheng walking slowly from the road? ❋ Unknown (2008)

While breaking a folkway is likely to turn heads of passersby, breaking a more will offend observers and possibly bring punishment. ❋ Unknown (2008)

No, that transcript is not excerpted from secret Oval Office tapes; it’s an exchange between the cheerfully sexist, jingoistic, folkway-challenged and generally clueless French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath alias OSS 117 and his Egyptian liaison, the lovely Larmina El Akmar Betouche. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I wasnt suggesting their love of grime and West Indian slang led them to attempted murder, merely pointing to a particular folkway and sub-culture. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

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