nontraditional C2+ Topic:Culture & History US /ˌnɑntrəˈdɪʃənəl/ UK /ˌnɒntrəˈdɪʃənəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not following tradition or convention She took a nontraditional path into engineering. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not following tradition or... unconventionalunorthodoxinnovativemodernalternativenovel ↔ Opposites traditionalconventionalorthodox Word family Related forms traditionaltradition Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + traditional, from Latin traditio ('a handing over'), from tradere ('to deliver, hand down'), from trans- ('across') + dare ('to give'). non Latin traditio Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Culture & History Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nontraditional **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌnɑntrəˈdɪʃənəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒntrəˈdɪʃənəl/ ## Meanings 1. not following tradition or convention ## Examples - She took a nontraditional path into engineering. ## Synonyms - unconventional - unorthodox - innovative - modern - alternative - novel ## Antonyms - traditional - conventional - orthodox ## Related Forms - traditional - tradition ## Roots and Affixes - Root: non - Root: traditio ## Etymology From non- ('not') + traditional, from Latin traditio ('a handing over'), from tradere ('to deliver, hand down'), from trans- ('across') + dare ('to give'). ## AI Etymology Nontraditional is from non- ('not') + traditional, from Latin traditio ('a handing over'), from tradere ('to deliver, hand down'), from trans- ('across') + dare ('to give'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and traditio (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not following tradition or convention. The wider family includes related words such as traditional and tradition. ## Topics - Culture & History - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown