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"english": "chiefly US; related to their opponents, neopagan groups that support marginalized people",
"translation": "chiefly US; related to their opponents, neopagan groups that support marginalized people",
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"(music) In the style of folk music."
],
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},
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"(religion, Germanic paganism, especially in white supremacy and Nazism) Practicing far-right and racist forms of Heathenry that are hostile towards minorities, Christians, and Jewish people; and also supporting Nazi influences."
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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"word": "völkisch"
}
],
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},
{
"word": "modern"
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{
"english": "chiefly US; related to their opponents, neopagan groups that support marginalized people",
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"word": "universalist"
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"English terms suffixed with -ish",
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"word": "folkishly"
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"In the style of folk music."
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"(music) In the style of folk music."
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"(religion, Germanic paganism, especially in white supremacy and Nazism) Practicing far-right and racist forms of Heathenry that are hostile towards minorities, Christians, and Jewish people; and also supporting Nazi influences."
],
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"in white supremacy and Nazism"
],
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"Germanic",
"especially"
],
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"lifestyle",
"paganism",
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"word": "folky"
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{
"word": "traditional"
},
{
"english": "related to far-right or racist pagan groups",
"translation": "related to far-right or racist pagan groups",
"word": "völkisch"
}
],
"word": "folkish"
}
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