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folkway

 
Dictionary: folk·way   (fōk'') pronunciation
 
n.

A practice, custom, or belief shared by the members of a group as part of their common culture. Often used in the plural.


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Columbia Encyclopedia: folkways
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folkways, term coined by William Graham Sumner in his treatise Folkways (1906) to denote those group habits that are common to a society or culture and are usually called customs. The word provided a useful contribution to the development of the concept of culture and is still used in its technical sense in sociological literature. Fashions in clothing or modes of recreation exemplify folkways. The term has failed to maintain the currency it once enjoyed among the other social sciences but has gained acceptance as a colloquial term. See mores.


 
Translations: Folkways
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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - folkeliv, folkeligt særpræg, traditioner

Français (French)
n. pl. - savoir, sagesse populaire

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - volkstümliche Lebensart, %

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (δημώδη) ήθη και έθιμα

Italiano (Italian)
usi e costumi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - modo (m) de pensar e hábitos de um povo

Русский (Russian)
народные нравы/обычаи

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - costumbres

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - folksed

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
风俗习惯, 民风, 未开化的习俗

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 風俗習慣, 民風, 未開化的習俗

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 민속, 습속

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 習俗

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮דפוסי התנהגות מסורתיים‬


 
 

 

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