Meanings
nounfolkishness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being folkish.
Mr. Hakola’s music scampers about mischievously, mixing together shapely lyricism, atonality, quirky folkishness and an almost hedonistic approach to timbre and rhythm.
2007 April 26, Allan Kozinn, “A Finnish Composer Possessed of a Joyful, Mischievous Spirit”, in New York Times
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folkishness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folkishness
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“folkishness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folkishness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “folkishness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/folkishness.
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