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folkloricness

folkloricness noun: the quality of being folkloric.

Noun

folkloricness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being folkloric.
    • I will argue that this phenomenon may help partially to explain the increasing extravagance and decreasing folkloricness of these works.2008, Christopher Stone, Popular Culture and Nationalism in Lebanon: The Fairouz and Rahbani Nation, page 11
    • While the light show was incredible — a spectacle in and of itself as well as an enhancement to the music — there were times that it seemed in opposition to the galloping folkloric-ness and organic essence of the music.2013 October 1, Alli Marshall, “Sound Track web extra: Sigur Rós”, in Mountain Xpress

Origin of folkloricness

From folkloric + -ness.

Questions about folkloricness

What does folkloricness mean?
Folkloricness means the quality of being folkloric.
What part of speech is folkloricness?
Folkloricness is a noun.

Words near folkloricness in the dictionary

  1. folklore
  2. folklores
  3. folkloric
  4. folklorical
  5. folklorically
  6. folkloricness
  7. folklorish
  8. folklorism
  9. folklorismus
  10. folklorist
  11. folkloristic

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