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folkishness

folkishness noun: the quality of being folkish.

Noun

folkishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being folkish.
    • Mr. Hakola’s music scampers about mischievously, mixing together shapely lyricism, atonality, quirky folkishness and an almost hedonistic approach to timbre and rhythm.2007 April 26, Allan Kozinn, “A Finnish Composer Possessed of a Joyful, Mischievous Spirit”, in New York Times

Origin of folkishness

From folkish + -ness.

Questions about folkishness

What does folkishness mean?
Folkishness means the quality of being folkish.
What part of speech is folkishness?
Folkishness is a noun.

Words near folkishness in the dictionary

  1. folkiest
  2. folkiness
  3. Folkingham
  4. folkish
  5. folkishly
  6. folkishness
  7. folkism
  8. folkisms
  9. folkland
  10. folklands
  11. folklife

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