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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

folk•ways n.pl. [Sociol.]

Sociologythe ways of living, thinking, and acting in a human group, built up without conscious design but serving as compelling guides of conduct.

term introduced in a book of the same title (1907) by west, western. German. Sumner folk + ways

'folkways' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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