as in conservativeness
attitudes or opinions tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
a staunch supporter of grammatical traditionalism, my English teacher didn't care what the experts in linguistics said
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Recent Examples of traditionalism
What unites the two men in Linklater’s vision is a suspicion of traditionalism and a hatred of complacency.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
While there’s no telling what the next two films might have in store for her character, knowing the traditionalism of ritualism of the village, there is perhaps some allusion to Arthur’s sister Morgana, who became his downfall.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Jake Worthington Armed with just an acoustic guitar, the 2014 The Voice contestant and Big Loud artist conjured up the ghosts of country legends like George Jones and Waylon Jennings with his twangy, authentic traditionalism and big voice.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 7 June 2025
That was how Francis functioned as a bridge between the traditionalism of his predecessors and a Church able to embrace modernity.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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conservatism
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The Republican Party, for decades, was held together by a three-legged stool of fiscal conservatism, cultural conservatism and a hawkish foreign policy.—
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Five years later, Smith is in danger of being outpaced by a class of pastors and professional Christians who wear their conservatism less awkwardly and are unrepentant, primed for culture war.—
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“Traditionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traditionalism. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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