any way of thinking, feeling, behaving, etc. common to members of the same social group
Origin of folkway
first used (1906) by W. G. Sumnerfolkway
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folkway
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A practice, custom, or belief shared by the members of a group as part of their common culture: studying the folkways of Appalachia.
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