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folkish

adj

Etymology

From folk + -ish. (Compare Old English folcisc, and German völkisch.)

inherited from *fulką✻
inherited from *folk✻
inherited from folc
inherited from folk
suffixed as folkish — “folk + ish”

Definitions

Popular
Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
In the style of folk music.
Practicing a form of Heathenry that is traditional.
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1. Practicing far-right and racist forms of Heathenry that are hostile towards minorities,…
  Practicing far-right and racist forms of Heathenry that are hostile towards minorities, Christians, and Jewish people; and also supporting Nazi influences.

The neighborhood

synonymfolky
synonymtraditional
synonymvölkisch
antonymfuturistic
antonymmodern
antonymuniversalist
neighborfolksiness
neighborfolksy

Derived

folkishly, folkishness

Vish — recursive loop

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