adj
Meaning 1
Adhering to tradition, especially in religious practices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
traditionalist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A traditional climbing climber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hidebound
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
one who adheres to traditional views
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diehard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conservative, conservativist
Narrower terms: Rip van Winkle
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tradition English -al English traditional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English traditionalist From traditional + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tradicionalista — one who adheres to tradition
- Chinese Mandarin: 傳統主義者 /传统主义者 (chuántǒng zhǔyìzhě) — one who adheres to tradition
- Danish: traditionalist — one who adheres to tradition
- Finnish: traditionalistinen — one who adheres to tradition
- French: traditionaliste — one who adheres to tradition
- Galician: tradicionalista — one who adheres to tradition
- Georgian: ტრადიციონალისტი (ṭradicionalisṭi) — one who adheres to tradition
- German: Traditionalist — one who adheres to tradition
- German: Traditionalistin — one who adheres to tradition
- Italian: tradizionalista — one who adheres to tradition
- Japanese: 伝統主義者 (dentō shugisha) — one who adheres to tradition
- Norwegian Bokmål: tradisjonalist — one who adheres to tradition
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tradisjonalist — one who adheres to tradition
- Polish: tradycjonalista — one who adheres to tradition
- Polish: tradycjonalistka — one who adheres to tradition
- Portuguese: tradicionalista — one who adheres to tradition
- Russian: традиционали́ст (tradicionalíst) — one who adheres to tradition
- Russian: традиционали́стка (tradicionalístka) — one who adheres to tradition
- Serbo-Croatian: традиционалист — one who adheres to tradition
- Serbo-Croatian: tradicionalist — one who adheres to tradition
- Spanish: tradicionalista — one who adheres to tradition
- Swedish: traditionalist — one who adheres to tradition
- Ukrainian: традиціоналі́ст (tradycionalíst) — one who adheres to tradition
- Ukrainian: традиціоналі́стка (tradycionalístka) — one who adheres to tradition
- Welsh: traddodiadwr — one who adheres to tradition
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