"folkdom" meaning in English

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Noun

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: 31 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -dom Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -dom: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): History
Disambiguation of History: 0 0

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