traditionalist

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /trəˈdɪʃənəlɪst/ UK /trəˈdɪʃənəlɪst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who favors established customs over innovation

As a traditionalist, he insisted on writing letters rather than emails.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who favors... conservativeconventionalistpurist old-fashioned

Opposites

modernistprogressive innovator radical

Word family

Derived forms traditionalistic

Related forms tradition traditional traditionalism

Etymology

From traditional + -ist; tradition is from Latin trāditiō(n-) ('a handing over'), from trādere ('to hand over, deliver').

trāditiō Latin trādere Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# traditionalist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /trəˈdɪʃənəlɪst/
**IPA (UK):** /trəˈdɪʃənəlɪst/

## Meanings
1. a person who favors established customs over innovation

## Examples
- As a traditionalist, he insisted on writing letters rather than emails.

## Synonyms
- conservative
- conventionalist
- purist
- old-fashioned

## Antonyms
- modernist
- progressive
- innovator
- radical

## Derived Forms
- traditionalistic

## Related Forms
- tradition
- traditional
- traditionalism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trāditiō
- Root: trādere

## Etymology
From traditional + -ist; tradition is from Latin trāditiō(n-) ('a handing over'), from trādere ('to hand over, deliver').

## AI Etymology
Traditionalist is from traditional + -ist; tradition is from Latin trāditiō(n-) ('a handing over'), from trādere ('to hand over, deliver'). Important recorded forms include trāditiō (Latin) and trādere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a person who favors established customs over innovation. The wider family includes derived forms such as traditionalistic and related words such as tradition, traditional, and traditionalism.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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