folkloric
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6.0
- adjective
- /foʊkˈlɔrɪk/
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folclórico
- The children performed a beautiful folkloric dance that showcased their cultural heritage.
- folkloric dance
- folkloric music
- folkloric traditions
It's not the fancy folkloric idea that Mexicans dance with death and love with love death.
- It's not the fancy folkloric idea that Mexicans dance with death and love with love death.
- Derek has has become an absolute folkloric figure in British and World Boxing and he gets better with age.
- Maybe it's all a disinformation campaign plus social contagion or folkloric contagion.
Examples
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However, such practices may be little more than folkloric.
Academic text (2006) -
They tell us sort of folkloric traditions about the origins of various arts, the origins of building of metalwork and music.
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The folkloric elements of religion have become more important than the spiritual elements.
Academic text (2013) -
"His achievement... was not to prevent the guitar from being a folkloric instrument, but to allow it to assume an extended destiny."
Academic text (2010) -
However, exceptions have been made here and in Cuba for exhibitions and folkloric performances by cultural institutions.
Academic text (1993) -
Many carvings depict religious or folkloric beings important in Mexican popular culture.
Academic text (2000) -
The folkloric element is deftly used to enhance the epic or mythical quality of the Communist hero.
Academic text (1997) -
In both, the richness of dyed wool seems to suit the folkloric, celebratory subject matter.
Academic text (2002) -
Carvings can roughly be classified into five categories: animals, religious or folkloric beings, humans, plants, and inanimate objects.
Academic text (2000) -
"Typical" here is glossed as "folkloric," and so the festival was cloaked in the guise of a celebration of provincial custom.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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1.5
Following long-held customs and ways of doing things
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4.8
Simple and traditional in style, often in music or art
Relating to traditional stories, beliefs, and customs of a community
Showing a simple, traditional style like village music or crafts
How Traditional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Folkloric comes from folklore, a mix of folk ('people') and lore ('traditional stories or knowledge'). So folkloric describes songs, costumes, or tales that come from a community's old traditions.