Folkishness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being folkish. uncountable

    "Mr. Hakola’s music scampers about mischievously, mixing together shapely lyricism, atonality, quirky folkishness and an almost hedonistic approach to timbre and rhythm."

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"Mr. Hakola’s music scampers about mischievously, mixing together shapely lyricism, atonality, quirky folkishness and an almost hedonistic approach to timbre and rhythm."

Etymology

From folkish + -ness.

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