TRADITIONALISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("traditionalism" is a kind of...):

adherence; adhesion; attachment (faithful support for a cause or political party or religion)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Derivation:

traditionalist (one who adheres to traditional views)

traditionalistic (adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices)

Meaning:

Strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings

Synonyms:

traditionalism; traditionality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("traditionalism" is a kind of...):

orthodoxy (the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traditionalism"):

academicism; academism; scholasticism (orthodoxy of a scholastic variety)

Derivation:

traditionalist (one who adheres to traditional views)

traditionalistic (adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices)

Meaning:

The doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("traditionalism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)