folkloric
[ fohk-lawr-ik, -lohr- ]
/ ˈfoʊkˌlɔr ɪk, -ˌloʊr- /
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adjective
based on or resembling folklore: folkloric music.
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OTHER WORDS FROM folkloric
folk·lor·i·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby folkloric
folkie, folkish, folklife, folk linguistics, folklore, folkloric, folklorico, folkloristics, folk magic, folk mass, folk medicine
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Example sentences from the Web for folkloric
She loved going to live performances at Strathmore with friends, took nieces and nephews to the movies, and was an honorary comadre — godmother for Bolivian folkloric dance groups.
Some follow common folkloric themes: thieves are monkeys, liars are toads, and the corrupt are pigs.
Alone among American sports, arguably, baseball is both art and commerce, with a folkloric tradition approaching religion.
And as they transmitted their inside information, the information itself had reached folkloric proportions.