folk wisdom

collocation in English

meaningsoffolkandwisdom

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folk
noun
uk
/fəʊk/us
/foʊk/
mainly UK
people, especially those of a particular group ...
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wisdom
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwɪz.dəm/us
/ˈwɪz.dəm/
the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions ...
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(Definition offolkandwisdomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffolk wisdom

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But instead there grew up a sort of historians'folkwisdomabout what "identity" and "national identity" are.
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If one could sketch a pastiche of that historians'folkwisdom, it might look something like this.
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This is a commonfolkwisdom, which speaks in the language of undergoing suffering in the present to be rewarded in the future.
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Unarticulatedfolkwisdomcan supply what conscious deliberation (certainly conscious deliberation by an elite) cannot.
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The genre calls attention to itself as a type of casual and informalfolkwisdom.
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Some of the historian'sfolkwisdomhas enough of an aura of social-scientific authority for us to take it on trust.
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Appearances (andfolkwisdom) notwithstanding, conscious intentions are never implicated in the production of behavior.
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There is an anecdotal,folkwisdomidea that males are less mature than females.
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That piece offolkwisdomis much more widely appreciated in developing countries than perhaps was the case a few years ago.
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We are not brought up with it; there is nofolkwisdomto guide us.
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They purvey a pithyfolkwisdomthat triumphs over all trials and tribulations.
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This refers to a clich that is a commonly used phrase, orfolkwisdom, sometimes used to quell cognitive dissonance.
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These treasure houses offolkwisdomare declining and are feared to vanish with the passage of time.
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The essential idea here is intuitive and probably qualifies asfolkwisdom.
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For example, in both economics and infolkwisdom, the value of something seems to rise so long as it is relatively scarce.
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It is a collection of rhyming aphorisms in 53 thematic divisions and about 4,700 verses which encapsulate thefolkwisdomand experience of the period.
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Folkwisdom(and some early investigators) maintained that pica reflected an appetite to compensate for nutritional deficiencies, such as low iron or zinc.
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The content of the songs mainly reflect emperor praise, state praise, religious customs, philosophical teachings andfolkwisdom.
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Folkwisdomsuggests a child brings partners closer; research has found couples actually become less satisfied after the birth of the first child.
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He was portrayed as a selfish, well-dressed attorney who repeatedly claimed to be a simple-minded caveman, and would employ simplefolkwisdomto win his cases.
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