tra·di·tion·al·ism

(trə-dĭsh′ə-nə-lĭz′əm)

1. Adherence to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practice.

2. A system holding that all knowledge is derived from original divine revelation and is transmitted by tradition.

tra·di′tion·al·ist adj. & n.

tra·di′tion·al·is′tic adj.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	traditionalist - one who adheres to traditional views diehard conservative, conservativist - a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas Rip van Winkle - a person oblivious to social changes
Adj.	1.	traditionalist - stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded hidebound conservative - resistant to change

traditionalist

adjective

Strongly favoring retention of the existing order:

conservative, orthodox, right, rightist, right-wing, Tory, traditionalistic.

noun

One who strongly favors retention of the existing order:

conservative, orthodox, rightist, right-winger, Tory.

Translations

tradizionalista

traditionalist

[trəˈdɪʃnəlɪst]

A. ADJ → tradicionalista

B. N → tradicionalista mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

traditionalist

[trəˈdɪʃ^ən^əlɪst]

n → traditionaliste mf

adj [idea, argument] → traditionaliste; [organization] → traditionaliste

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

traditionalist

n → Traditionalist(in) m(f)

adj → traditionsgebunden, an Traditionen hängend or festhaltend

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

traditionalist

[trəˈdɪʃnəlɪst] adj & n → tradizionalista (m/f)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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He also seeks to explain why many legal hadiths exist in multiple variants, and to detect the perception of the traditionalist about the revision of hadiths.

Studies in Legal Hadith

The parties allowed to join the suit as co-respondents are Tunde Olutayo Aro, on behalf of his daughter, Iteoluwakishi Aro, the 2017/2018 social perfect of the school and Babalawo Awosanmi Abe for his children Fatunmishe Abe and Fawoke Abe on behalf of members of traditionalist parents forum of ISI.

ISI Hijab Crisis: Court Allows Traditionalists, Others To Join Suit

Quan-Haase, Martin, and Schreurs (2014) conducted a study of the traditionalist generation and their adoption of e-book technology.

Identifying Generational Differences to Target Extension Programming when Discussing Genetic Modification

Your characterizations of "progressive" and "traditionalist" are perhaps idealized caricatures, but instructive in any case.

Progressive and traditional

VATICAN CITY * Pope Francis has met with the leader of a traditionalist group of Catholic bishops and priests who have been separated from the wider church for decades.

Pope meets with Pius X leader

Over/unders dominate the market, but there are a few side-by-sides for the traditionalist. Many have excellent features such as stock-adjusting, shims and while once the exception, few are the shotguns that do not carry screw-in chokes.

Upland shotguns

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis may have been named Time magazine's Person of the Year, but he has come under scathing criticism from a growing number of traditionalist Catholics for cracking down on a religious order that celebrates the old Latin Mass.

Pope's crackdown on order alarms traditionalists

What must liberty mean for the traditionalist, and what is libertarian virtue?

The balance of freedom

They begin with essays from curriculum scholars from about hundred years ago, such as John Dewey and Maria Montessori, tracing the emergence of curriculum as an area of scholarship and practice, then present essays through around the middle of the twentieth century, when scholarship focused on models of curriculum development, including design, implementation, and evaluation, and scholars became known as traditionalists. The section that follows contains essays by reconceptualists who were critical of the traditionalist focus and raised issues of personal meaning, social criticism, and other aspects.

The curriculum studies reader, 4th ed

The Congregation is a traditionalist religious order that belonged to the Society of St.

SSPX

The dispute centres on how far the Church of England should accommodate traditionalist parishes who object to the appointment of a woman bishop in their diocese.

Women bishops vote delay