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To them, it is possible to embrace that flag as a statement about Southern folkways beyond the ugly racial part.

Todd, who wears a goatee, is also deeply knowledgeable about politics and Washington folkways.

Van Ronk described how when visiting Asch he would put on his “Folkways suit,” a filthy jacket that smelled of acetone.

It includes accommodation to the folkways, the mores, the conventions, and the social ritual (Sittlichkeit).

Custom and the folkways, like habit in the individual, may be regarded as a mere residuum of past practices.

For practical purposes morals mean customs, folkways, established collective habits.

I therefore turned aside to write a treatise on the "Folkways," which I now offer.

Chapter II shows the bearing of the folkways on human interests, and the way in which they act or are acted on.

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On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to folkways, such as: civilization, development, folklore, habit, knowledge, and lifestyle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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