folkways
pronunciation
How to pronounce folkways in British English:
UK ['ʃeʊkˌweɪz]
How to pronounce folkways in American English:
US ['ʃeʊkˌweɪz]
Word Origin
- folkways (n.)
- coined 1906 in a book of the same name by U.S. sociologist William Graham Sumner (1840-1910); see folk (n.) + way (n.). Folkways are habits of the individual and customs of the society which arise from efforts to satisfy needs. ... Then they become regulative for succeeding generations and take on the character of a social force. [Sumner, "Folkways"] Sumner also often is credited with ethnocentrism, which is found in the same book but is older.
Example
- 1. His years in asia have left him an instinctive understanding of local folkways , especially china 's.
- 2. Festivals and customs can reflect a country 's peoples , folkways and traditional culture .
- 3. The minority has retained many of the folkways dunhou pristine and unique lifestyle , so that the social outlook of hainan is rich and colorful .
- 4. Restaurants , teahouses and salesman comes , the stone , rainy lane , folkways , such as a modern " painting scroll " started slowly .
- 5. The aria of hebei bangzi combines the folkways and rhythms in beijing , tianjin and hebei , stouthearted and unvarnished , full of the verve in these areas .