'Traditionalism' definitions:
Definition of 'traditionalism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings [syn: traditionalism, traditionality]
noun
Adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)
noun
The doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions
Definition of 'Traditionalism'
From: GCIDE
- Traditionalism \Tra*di"tion*al*ism\, n. A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'traditionalism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodation,
- accord,
- accordance,
- acquiescence,
- adaptation,
- adaption,
- adjustment,
- agreement,
- ancient wisdom,
- archetypal myth,
- archetypal pattern,
- authenticity,
- authoritativeness,
- canonicalness,
- canonicity,
- common law,
- compliance,
- conformance,
- conformation other-direction,
- conformity,
- congruity,
- consistency,
- conventionality,
- correspondence,
- custom,
- flexibility,
- folk motif,
- folklore,
- folktale,
- gospel truth,
- harmony,
- immemorial usage,
- keeping,
- legend,
- line,
- lore,
- malleability,
- Mishnah,
- myth,
- mythology,
- obedience,
- observance,
- orthodoxicalness,
- orthodoxism,
- orthodoxness,
- orthodoxy,
- pliancy,
- racial memory,
- reconcilement,
- reconciliation,
- religious truth,
- right belief,
- rightness,
- soundness,
- Spiritus Mundi,
- strictness,
- Sunna,
- Talmud,
- the truth,
- tradition,
- traditionality,
- uniformity