coined 1906 in a book of the same name by U.S. sociologist William Graham Sumner (1840-1910); see folk (n.) + way (n.).
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. [Sumner, "Folkways"]
Sumner also often is credited with ethnocentrism, which is found in the same book but is older.
双语例句
1. In these packed communities, the people clung to their native languages, institutions and folkways.
在这些拥挤的社区中, 人们仍然沿用自己故乡的语言 、 制度以及社会传统.
来自辞典例句
2. State ways cannot change folkways.
国家手段不能改变社会习俗.
来自口语例句
3. The Chinese life is colorful with many interesting folkways.
中国人的生活多姿多彩,有许多很有意思的民俗.
来自互联网
4. Kunming , Stone Forest, National Museum, Folkways Village.
游览石林,参观民族博物馆, 民族村等.
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5. Kunming, Stone Forest , National Museum, Yunnan Folkways Village.
