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folklore

[ fohk-lawr, -lohr ]

noun

  1. the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
  2. the study of such lore.
  3. a body of widely held but false or unsubstantiated beliefs.


folklore

/ ˈfəʊkˌlɔː /

noun

  1. the unwritten literature of a people as expressed in folk tales, proverbs, riddles, songs, etc
  2. the body of stories and legends attached to a particular place, group, activity, etc

    rugby folklore

    Hollywood folklore

  3. the anthropological discipline concerned with the study of folkloric materials


folklore

  1. Traditional stories and legends, transmitted orally (rather than in writing) from generation to generation. The stories of Paul Bunyan are examples of American folklore.


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Derived Forms

  • ˌfolklorˈistic, adjective
  • ˈfolkˌlorist, nounadjective
  • ˈfolkˌloric, adjective

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Other Words From

  • folklorist noun
  • folklor·istic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of folklore1

1846; folk + lore 1; coined by English scholar and antiquary William John Thoms (1803–85)

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Example Sentences

“British folklore has this very inextricable link to nature and the elements,” he told The Daily Beast.

The tomb-raiders are more terrified of the folklore spirits than they are of authorities that might catch them, he added.

He recounts a parable that has long been a staple of dairy farm folklore.

“That became part of the folklore of the World Trade Center,” the cop noted.

Yes, as a figure, “Santa Claus” has his roots in early Christian Europe, Dutch folklore, and Germanic paganism.

John and Judas became the good and evil Wandering Jews of mediæval folklore.

His name is less romantic than those of the wonted demons of legend and folklore.

The making of folklore is not, however, extinct in Spain, a country where poetry seems to be an inherent faculty.

In the folklore of north Germany the Brocken holds an important place, and to it cling many legends.

Iv course there's such folklore as Epicbaulus in Marsupia an' th' wurruks iv Hyperphrastus.

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