traditionalism

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

/ trəˈdɪʃ ə nlˌɪz əm /

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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.

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Origin of traditionalism

First recorded in 1855–60; traditional + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM traditionalism

tra·di·tion·al·ist, noun, adjectivetra·di·tion·al·is·tic, adjectivean·ti·tra·di·tion·al·ist, noun, adjectivenon·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

Before I could even finish my sentence with the word “traditionalist,” Brooks laughed.
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Traditionalist arguments make no sense to them, from their first principles.
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A staunch traditionalist at home, Ahmad is also a liberal in politics and a nighttime philanderer.
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Despite his aesthetic eccentricities, Browne is adamant that he is a traditionalist at heart.
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She claims she will be remembered as the “frozen-yogurt justice” for bringing the traditionalist canteen into the 21st century.
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The known categories would allow a fair liberty to the most conscientious traditionalist.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
To effect social change, the traditionalist argued, would require an intrusion into politics that was by definition militarism.
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They were the researchers in spiritual things, and he the traditionalist.
The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire|T. R. Glover
The traditionalist would have said, by documents miraculously confirmed.
Edward Caldwell Moore|Edward Moore
His course, bold even to the point of rashness in the eyes of the traditionalist exegetists, was at length suspended.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8|Various

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, adjectivetraditionalistic, adjective

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