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folkdom

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Nazism, especially, uncountable

Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Nazism, especially, uncountable

Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences

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History

Etymology

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