| 单词 | folkway |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfolkway folkway n. (usually inplural) the traditional behaviour of a people or group. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > transmitted from one generation to another > traditional behaviour folk-life1864 folkway1906 1906 W. G. Sumner Folkways p. iii I formed the word ‘folkways’ on the analogy of words already in use in sociology... Folkways are habits of the individual and customs of the society which arise from efforts to satisfy needs... Then they become regulative for succeeding generations and take on the character of a social force. 1925 W. P. Montague Ways of Knowing v. 142 There are cases when a ‘folkway’ or social habit becomes actively evil. 1959 G. D. Mitchell Sociol. v. 78 Customs may be differentiated into folkways and mores. 1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 273/2 Folkways are the learned shared behaviour common to a people. 1971 ‘E. Fenwick’ Impeccable People iii. 17 He had learned to swallow the folkways of Parsons Point. < as lemmas |
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