Usually means: Reflecting the characteristics of folk culture.
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  1. folkish: Merriam-Webster
  2. folkish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. folkish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. folkish: Collins English Dictionary
  5. folkish: Wordnik
  6. folkish: Wiktionary
  7. folkish: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. folkish: Dictionary.com
  9. Folkish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. folkish: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See folkishness as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (folkish)

adjective:  Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
adjective:  (music) In the style of folk music.
adjective:  (religion, Germanic paganism) Practicing a form of Heathenry that is traditional.
adjective:  (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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