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Folkway (noun) means a traditional belief or way of behaving shared by a group of people.

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A traditional belief or way of behaving shared by a group of people.

"Avila was certainly well prepared to comment authoritatively on the folkways of his ancestors; he spoke fluent Quechua and had spent many years among the Peruvian Indians as a missionary." — David H. Bost, Historians of the Colonial Period: 1620–1700 (1996)

"Another influencer, Mads Mura, schools an audience of more than 100,000 in the attainment of old-money folkways through a series of how-to reels on his stately Instagram account, Carter Beau." — Guy Trebay, Can You Fake Being Rich? (2026)

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