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folkdom.

character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it)

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it)

    Nazism · especially · uncountable
  2. matters to do with German minorities outside the Reich as well as Germanization and colonization (cf. blood and soil)

    Nazism · especially · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From folk + -dom, a calque of German Volkstum. In German, only sense 2 is associated with Nazism.

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