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folkloristics

folkloristics noun: the formal academic study of folklore.

Noun

folkloristics (uncountable)

  1. The formal academic study of folklore.

folkloristics meaning in Tamil and Bengali

folkloristics in Tamil

நாட்டுப்புற வழக்காற்றியல்

folkloristics in Bengali

লোকগাথার প্রথাগত শিক্ষাগত অধ্যয়ন

Origin of folkloristics

From folklorist + -ics. Also by surface analysis, folklore + -istics.

Questions about folkloristics

What does folkloristics mean?
Folkloristics means the formal academic study of folklore.
What is folkloristics in Tamil?
Folkloristics in Tamil is நாட்டுப்புற வழக்காற்றியல். See Folkloristics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is folkloristics?
Folkloristics is a noun.

Words near folkloristics in the dictionary

  1. folklorism
  2. folklorismus
  3. folklorist
  4. folkloristic
  5. folkloristically
  6. folkloristics
  7. folklorists
  8. folkly
  9. Folkman
  10. Folkmans
  11. folkmoot

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: folkloristics (page history and authors); folkloristics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); folkloristics (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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