folk culture

noun

The artistic entertainment and material artifacts of a society's peasantry and/or least learned members, usually involving small-scale household production representative of a unique local community without regard to a wider vernacular.

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Meanings

nounfolk culture (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe artistic entertainment and material artifacts of a society's peasantry and/or least learned members, usually involving small-scale household production representative of a unique local community without regard to a wider vernacular.

    Synonyms: handicraft

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe artistic entertainment and material artifacts of a society's peasantry and/or least learned members, usually involving small-scale household production representative of a unique local community without regard to a wider vernacular.

Similar
handicraft

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 民間文化 /民间文化
  • 民間文化 /民间文化entertainment of a society's peasantry
Finnish kansankulttuuri
  • kansankulttuurientertainment of a society's peasantry
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APA

folk culture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folk%20culture

MLA

“folk culture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folk%20culture. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “folk culture,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folk%20culture.

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