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Hillbilly

Hillbilly is a term historically used for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in the Appalachian region and Ozarks. As people migrated out of the region during the Great Depression, the term spread northward and westward with them.

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Hillbilly

Nodes135
Edges134
Triples169
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014815
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Hillbilly

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related to Intragroup versus intergroup usage · 33
Hillbilly → Appalachian, April, Artists, Aspiring, Commerce, Division Association, Fans, Hillbilly Days, It, Johnny Olson, Kentucky, Mardi Gras, Matthew Ridgway, Missouri Chamber, Mountains, Nationally, Omar Bradley, On June, Other, Ozark Hillbilly Medallion
related to Etymology · 26
Hillbilly → Billie, Billy, Billy's Boys, Britain, Cameronians, England, In, In Scotland, Ireland, King Billy, Many, North America, Orange, Presbyterian, Protestant, Richard Cameron, Scotland, Scottish, The, These Scottish Covenanters
related to history · 25
Hillbilly → America, American, American Civil War, Appalachia, Appalachian, At, Before, England, Fueled, Hatfields, Ireland, Lowland Scotland, Many, McCoys, Northern England, Northern English, Plantation, Post-war, Protestants, Scotland
related to In popular culture · 20
Hillbilly → Appalachian, Appalachians, August, Best Seller, Crisis, Culture, Family, Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance, Memoir, Middletown, Ohio, One, Pop, Scholarly, The, The New York Times, These, They, When
related to Film and television · 13
Hillbilly → Deliverance, Films, Gunsmoke's Festus Haggen, Hee Haw, James Dickey, Ma, Pa Kettle, Sergeant York, Television, The, The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Real McCoys
related to Video games · 9
Hillbilly → Daylight, Dead, Fallout, Grand Theft Auto, Many, Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Some
related to Cultural implications · 7
Hillbilly → Appalachian, Appalachians, Feelings, Moonshiners, The, There, This
related to Music · 6
Hillbilly → Al Hopkins, Appalachian, High Culture, Some, The, When
see also · 5
Hillbilly → AbnerList, Appalachian, Cracker, Google, Snuffy SmithCountry
is a · 1
Hillbilly → term historically used for people who dwell in rural

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term appalachian music hillbillies used stereotype country region people rural appalachians white century states also usage many united often culture

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Hillbillyis aterm historically used for people who dwell in rural0.90text
that in the 1880s between the Hatfieldsinstance ofFueled by news stories of mountain feuds0.80text
McCoysinstance ofFueled by news stories of mountain feuds0.80text
the hillbilly stereotype developed in the late 19th to early 20th century.The terminstance ofFueled by news stories of mountain feuds0.80text
Davy Crockettinstance ofAuthors at the time were inspired by historical figures0.80text
Daniel Booneinstance ofAuthors at the time were inspired by historical figures0.80text
Sergeant York or the Mainstance ofFilms0.80text
Pa Kettle series portrayed theinstance ofFilms0.80text
The Real McCoysinstance ofTelevision programs of the 1960s0.80text
The Andy Griffith Showinstance ofTelevision programs of the 1960s0.80text
and especially The Beverly Hillbilliesinstance ofTelevision programs of the 1960s0.80text
portrayed theinstance ofTelevision programs of the 1960s0.80text

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