folkdom

noun

Etymology

From folk + -dom, a calque of German Volkstum. In German, only sense 2 is associated with Nazism.

  1. calqued from Volkstum

Definitions

  1. character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and…

    character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it)

  2. matters to do with German minorities outside the Reich as well as Germanization and…

    matters to do with German minorities outside the Reich as well as Germanization and colonization (cf. blood and soil)

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA