folkways
[fohk-weyz]
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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
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Related Words for folkway
development, lifestyle, knowledge, habit, society, civilization, folklore, style, practice, system, rule, policy, rite, method, mores, customs, convention, ethnology, humanism, groundingExamples from the Web for folkway
Historical Examples of folkway
The same is true of any folkway so long as it is not yet doubted.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner
Not subscribing to the folkway that prescribes seasick intoxication as an expression of joy, we did the town with discrimination.
A Matter of ProportionAnne Walker
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