folkloric
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- folklorically adverb
Etymology
Origin of folkloric
Example Sentences
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It was a rural, folkloric emphasis; we changed it to an inner-city kind of culture.”
From Los Angeles Times
After a tip-off from his elderly father, played by Sir Michael, he begins cooking up an ancient recipe involving rain water, horse manure, and a little alchemy, to create folkloric creatures who can predict the future.
From BBC
"Debi Tirar Mas Fotos" was a full-throated, identity-affirming exploration of Puerto Ricanness in the context of persistent colonialism, set to folkloric sounds, infectious salsa and reggaeton rhythms.
From Barron's
In the first gallery, Robert S. Duncanson, a self-taught artist who was born a free man in New York and ended his career in Detroit, begins the tale with two 1846 paintings: “At the Foot of the Cross,” depicting Mary, is a dramatically lighted, sentimental work, while “William Berthelet” is a folkloric, posthumous portrait of a boy, commissioned by his abolitionist grandfather.
Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.
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