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Definitions

folkloric

[fohk-lawr-ik, -lohr-] / ˈfoʊkˌlɔr ɪk, -ˌloʊr- /
ADJECTIVE
mythic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
allegorical fanciful imaginary legendary whimsical
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chimerical created fabled fabricated fabulous fairy-tale false fantasy fictitious fictive invented made-up mythologic mythological nonexistent pretended storied supposititious traditional unreal untrue visionary
Antonyms
STRONGEST
factual real true
ADJECTIVE
mythical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
allegorical fabled fanciful fictitious imaginary legendary mythic storied unreal whimsical
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chimerical created fabricated fabulous fairy-tale false fantasy fictive invented made-up mythological nonexistent pretended supposititious traditional untrue visionary
Antonyms
STRONGEST
factual genuine real sincere true
ADJECTIVE
mythical/mythological
Synonyms
WEAK
allegorical chimerical created fabled fabricated fabulous false fanciful fantasy fictitious fictive imaginary invented legendary made-up mythic nonexistent pretended storied supposititious traditional unreal untrue visionary whimsical
Antonyms
WEAK
factual historical real true
ADJECTIVE
mythologic
Synonyms
WEAK
allegorical chimerical created fabled fabricated fabulous fairy-tale false fanciful fantasy fictitious fictive imaginary invented legendary made-up mythic mythological nonexistent pretended storied supposititious traditional unreal untrue visionary whimsical
ADJECTIVE
mythological
Synonyms
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allegorical chimerical created fabled fabricated fabulous fairy-tale false fanciful fantasy fictitious fictive imaginary invented legendary made-up mythic mythologic nonexistent pretended storied supposititious traditional unreal untrue visionary whimsical

Example Sentences

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“The folkloric Euro-American story of the ‘headless horseman’ comes to mind — a nightmarish, animated corpse who haunts the living.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The work is a "very personal" painting, in which Kahlo "merges folkloric motifs from Mexican culture with European surrealism," Anna Di Stasi, the head of Latin American art at Sotheby's, told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

And he dances like a Greek native in a folkloric wedding scene, the sort of local-color diversion that added shine and reality to many a movie back in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

“And one student is doing a folkloric dance, that type of thing. Acts Posada might enjoy if he was alive.”

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez