"folkdom" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: history
Etymology: From folk + -dom, a calque of German Volkstum. In German, only sense 2 is associated with Nazism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|folk|-dom}} folk + -dom, {{cal|en|de|Volkstum|nocap=1}} calque of German Volkstum Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} folkdom (uncountable)
  1. character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it) Tags: Nazism, especially, uncountable
    Sense id: en-folkdom-en-noun-PJRlVmsd
  2. matters to do with German minorities outside the Reich as well as Germanization and colonization (cf. blood and soil) Tags: Nazism, especially, uncountable Categories (topical): Nazism
    Sense id: en-folkdom-en-noun-2sbxeahQ Disambiguation of Nazism: 28 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -dom, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -dom: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): History
Disambiguation of History: 0 0
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          "ref": "1932, Carl von Ossietzky, “Anti-Semites”, in Anton Kaes et al., editor, The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, University of California, published 1995, page 279:",
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