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folklife

noun

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Recent Examples of folklife Partner with the Wisconsin Arts Board for an America's 250th folklife project, funded by a grant from the Smithsonian. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025 Kentucky folklife specialist Camille Acosta views horror as an instrument for healing. — Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023 The exhibition opened with a panel discussion about the life and legacy of Thornton Dial featuring artists Richard Dial, Lonnie Holley, curator and historian Anne Collins Smith, and American studies and folklife professor and historian Stacy Morgan. — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2022 The Smithsonian and the USSR Ministry of Culture planned meetings of American and Soviet folklife scholars. — Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022 Common Ground on the Hill was recently named Maryland’s newest folklife center, one of three new regional folklife centers in the state, according to a Common Ground news release. — Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Aug. 2020 Ford Hamp's husband, Steve, got his bachelor of arts degree in American history from Butler, a master of arts degree in folklore and folklife from Indiana and his master of museum practice degree from Michigan. — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folklife
  1. folklore
  2. tradition
  3. mythology
  4. lore
Noun
  • The six-room exhibition — featuring Makó’s signature approach within the world of Hungarian folklore and childhood memories — transforms fashion imagery and explores the world of identity, individuality and self-expression.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Other than the occasional barks from her dog, who doesn’t appreciate being locked away for guests, the witch’s home is peaceful and a far cry from the dank, dark cottages often found in folklore.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of folklore
Noun
  • The young royal’s enrollment marked a departure from years of tradition, replacing Scottish boarding school Gordonstoun with an institution that was closer to Princess Diana and then-Prince Charles.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In August, Prince Alois announced a change to royal succession rules to allow women to ascend the throne on equal terms with men, breaking with three centuries of dynastic tradition.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of tradition
Noun
  • But while Jumbo’s has garnered a mythology as a magnet for filmmakers, writers and musicians who collect impressions, the dive’s dancers have shifted from being the subject to the artists.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Popular mythology still conjures images of publicists managing red carpets and exclusive guest lists.
    — Julia Ruttner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of mythology
Noun
  • For job seekers who spent the summer sending resumes into the void, there’s another piece of September lore worth paying attention to—the job market is supposed to pick back up.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • While Barrett suggests a whole world of lore that goes unexplored, the film’s climax is completely missing in action.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of lore

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