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noun
An ideology that emphasizes racial or ethnic identity, especially when combined with nationalism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
An ideology that emphasizes racial or ethnic identity, especially when combined with nationalism.
An ideology, articulated by historian Simon Dubnow, that declared Jewish people to be a diaspora nation without a territory.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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An ideology that emphasizes racial or ethnic identity, especially when combined with nationalism.
Völkisch nationalism; the desire for a homogeneous population that excludes foreigners and the belief that different racial or ethnic groups have different rights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An ideology that emphasizes racial or ethnic identity, especially when combined with nationalism.
A Japanese ideology that emphasized a common identify among East Asian peoples, associated with the fascist movement during the WWII era.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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An ideology that emphasizes racial or ethnic identity, especially when combined with nationalism.
A movement within the Heathen or neo-pagan community that states one cannot convert to Heathenry unless one has the appropriate ancestry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of populism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: populism
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An artistic aesthetic that is based on traditional practices that are passed on from individual to individual, such as folk tales, folk music, common cultural practices, etc.
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Usage: uncountable
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A movement within Nigerian theater started by Sam Ukala that focuses on folk tales as a reaction against colonialism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: more specifically
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noun
A folksy saying, expression, or practice.
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Usage: countable
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A philosophical stance that meaning is based on common usage by ordinary people rather than an abstract principle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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History
From folk + -ism.
