trad
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a person who prefers or closely follows a traditional way of doing something as opposed to an innovative or progressive one; a traditionalist.
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a traditional version of something, used especially of jazz music in the style of the early 20th century.
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While BIIRD's direction of flight may have been uncertain to its members at first, founder Lisa Canny had been quietly developing the "Spice Girls of trad" concept for about a decade.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
A new study published in Psychology of Women Quarterly shows that young men who favor the trad lifestyle don’t honor and cherish tradwives — they hold them in contempt.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
Plus, she has a trad wife thing going on, emphasizing her deference to her husband’s decisions.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
“I’m not a trad wife influencer,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
I could see them now and then, leaping over old logs, tearing through the underbrash, sniffing and searching for the lost trad.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Like the trads, the timber people have a spiritual argument for their technique.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023
It’s undeniable that many young trads pride themselves on their intellectual independence from their peers, and on the countercultural nature of the worldview they’ve embraced.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2022
Young trads may think they are being transgressive, but that does not mean that they genuinely are.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2022
Mona Sharma, who calls herself a "rayta", says she and other right-wing women have also been targeted by trads online because they do not conform to their notions of how women should behave.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
He says he now "fights" against trads by reporting their social media handles.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
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