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folkways

[ fohk-weyz ]

/ ˈfoʊkˌweɪz /

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plural noun Sociology.

the ways of living, thinking, and acting in a human group, built up without conscious design but serving as compelling guides of conduct.

Origin of folkways

folk + ways; term introduced in a book of the same title (1907) by W. G. Sumner

Words nearby folkways

folknik, folkright, folksonomy, folksy, folktronica, folkways, folky, foll., folliberin, follicle, follicle mite

Example sentences from the Web for folkways

To them, it is possible to embrace that flag as a statement about Southern folkways beyond the ugly racial part.

We've Got Bigger Problems Than a Confederate Flag |John McWhorter |August 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Todd, who wears a goatee, is also deeply knowledgeable about politics and Washington folkways.

David Gregory: Dead Head Talking? |Lloyd Grove |July 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Van Ronk described how when visiting Asch he would put on his “Folkways suit,” a filthy jacket that smelled of acetone.

Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie |Jimmy So |December 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The great mass of the folkways give us discipline and the support of routine and habit.

Folkways |William Graham Sumner

There are, therefore, points of view in which money is the most marvelous product of the folkways.

Folkways |William Graham Sumner
This is another reason why the attempts to satisfy interest become mass phenomena and result in folkways.

Folkways |William Graham Sumner
Chapter II shows the bearing of the folkways on human interests, and the way in which they act or are acted on.

Folkways |William Graham Sumner
It is not, therefore, a cause which gradually produces and molds the mores, nor is it an ethical product of folkways and mores.

Folkways |William Graham Sumner

British Dictionary definitions for folkways

folkways

/ (ˈfəʊkˌweɪz) /

pl n

sociol traditional and customary ways of living