Traditionalism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  traditionalism
       n 1: strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings [syn: {traditionality}]
       2: adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious
          matters)
       3: the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by
          divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "traditionalism":
     Mishnah, Spiritus Mundi, Sunna, Talmud, 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, myth, mythology, obedience, observance,
     orthodoxicalness, orthodoxism, orthodoxness, orthodoxy, pliancy,
     racial memory, reconcilement, reconciliation, religious truth,
     right belief, rightness, soundness, strictness, the truth,
     tradition, traditionality, uniformity