traditionalism

[ truh-dish-uh-nl-iz-uhm ]

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noun

adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
a system of philosophy according to which all knowledge of religious truth is derived from divine revelation and received by traditional instruction.

Origin of traditionalism

First recorded in 1855–60; traditional + -ism

Other words from traditionalism

tra·di·tion·al·ist, noun, adjective
tra·di·tion·al·is·tic, adjective
an·ti·tra·di·tion·al·ist, noun, adjective
non·tra·di·tion·al·ist, noun, adjective
non·tra·di·tion·al·is·tic, adjective

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How to use traditionalism in a sentence

“Within its 1806 embodiment of the cocktail incarnate—spirit, sweetner, bitters, water—there is traditionalism,” Simonson writes.
The Rise and Fall…and Rise Again of the Old-Fashioned | Allison McNearney | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the musty traditionalism of the Marshalsea old John Dickens could easily remain optimistic.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens | G. K. Chesterton
And this streak of her father's ascetic traditionalism in Gratian always roused in him a wish to break it up.
Saint's Progress | John Galsworthy
Neither traditionalism nor the theological positivism of Duns Scotus sufficed for it; it sought to rationalize itself.
Tragic Sense Of Life | Miguel de Unamuno
This is a fair sample of that lazy traditionalism which Christian opinion has been constrained to follow.
Who Wrote the Bible? | Washington Gladden

The motive of reverence for the soil, for the past, the motive of traditionalism, is beginning to be overheard.
Egoists | James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for traditionalism

traditionalism

/ (trəˈdɪʃənəˌlɪzəm) /

noun

the doctrine that all knowledge originates in divine revelation and is perpetuated by tradition
adherence to tradition, esp in religion

Derived forms of traditionalism

traditionalist, noun, adjective
traditionalistic, adjective

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