Folklorical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Folklorical is an adjective meaning (uncommon) Synonym of folkloric.
Meaning
(uncommon) Synonym of folkloric.
Example Sentences
Yet this folklorical (pejorative), exotic Africa folds back on herself through the processes of inversion described above. A folklorical Africa for colonisers and their economic interests […]
Folklorical significance: Gemini is cross-cultural. Twins are everywhere in prehistory, from Cain and Abel and Romulus and Remus, to Castor and Pollux and Freya and Freyr. This sign also represents the portal—[…]
Here, the reproduction is situated within a folklorical/meme domain and that gives composers, writers, and visual artists a chance to claim past aesthetics as something that is separated from its time of production. Which I believe it is.
Synonyms for folklorical
Depending on context, synonyms include folkloric.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudofolk, fantasmagorical, folk, mythopoetic, phantastical, phantastique.
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