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folkloric

 [fohk-lawr-ik, -lohr-]  

folk·lor·ic

   [fohk-lawr-ik, -lohr-]
adjective
based on or resembling folklore: folkloric music.
Origin:
1880–85; folklore + -ic

Related forms
folk·lor·i·cal·ly, adverb
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folklore (ˈfəʊkˌlɔː)
 
—n
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: Hollywood folklore; rugby folklore
3.  the anthropological discipline concerned with the study of folkloric materials
 
'folkloric
 
—adj
 
'folklorist
 
—n, —adj
 
folklor'istic
 
—adj

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