folkdom
folkdom noun: character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it).
Noun
folkdom (uncountable)
- character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it)
- „Volkstum“ lässt sich nicht auf eine Nation von mehreren Dutzend Millionen anwenden, „Volkstum“ ist ein vorwiegend landschaftlich begrenzter Begriff, durchsetzt von bäuerlichen Erinnerungen. Es gibt kein „deutsches Volkstum“, wohl aber eines der deutschen Stämme, wohl ein thüringisches, rheinisches...1932, Carl von Ossietzky, “Anti-Semites”, in Anton Kaes et al., editor, The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, University of California, published 1995, page 279
- matters to do with German minorities outside the Reich as well as Germanization and colonization (cf. blood and soil)
Origin of folkdom
From folk + -dom, a calque of German Volkstum. In German, only sense 2 is associated with Nazism.
Questions about folkdom
- What does folkdom mean?
- Folkdom means character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it).
- What part of speech is folkdom?
- Folkdom is a noun.
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