traditional
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AdjectiveEdit
traditional (comparative more traditional, superlative most traditional)
- Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.
- This dance is one of the traditional customs in the area.
- I think her traditional values are antiquated.
- Communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only.
- traditional expositions of the Scriptures
- Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
- In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
- Relating to traditional Chinese.
- Coordinate term: simplified
- The traditional form of the character has twice as many strokes as the simplified form.
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Derived termsEdit
- African traditional religion
- antitraditional
- Chinese traditional medicine, traditional Chinese medicine
- detraditionalize
- ethnotraditional
- neotraditional
- nontraditional, non-traditional
- pseudotraditional
- traditional art
- traditional birth attendant
- Traditional Chinese
- traditional climber
- traditional climbing
- traditional county
- Traditional Egyptian
- traditional grip
- traditional jazz
- traditional marriage
- traditional medicine
- traditional owner
- traditional publisher
- traditionalise, traditionalize
- traditionalism
- traditionalist
- traditionalistic
- traditionality
- traditionally
- traditionalness
- ultratraditional
- untraditional
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
of or pertaining to tradition
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observant of tradition
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NounEdit
traditional (countable and uncountable, plural traditionals)
- A person with traditional beliefs.
- (informal, uncountable) Short for traditional Chinese.
- Coordinate term: simplified
- (informal, uncountable) Short for traditional art (“art produced with real physical media”).
- Coordinate term: digital
- (informal, uncountable, music) Short for traditional grip.
- Coordinate term: matched