folklore

About 5.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
2. noun The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.
3. noun The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.

Similar words

folklife folk tradition legend lore eof genetic expressions folktales mythology

Often followed by

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Word family

folklores folkloric folklorish folklorist folkloristic folklorists