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TRADITIONALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
Sense 3
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)
