单词 | tradition-direction |
释义 | > as lemmastradition-direction tradition-direction n. Sociology orientation of a person's behaviour and standards by the influence of social conventions; social reliance on tradition; opposed to inner-direction, other-direction. ΚΠ 1950 D. Riesman et al. Lonely Crowd i. 9 A society dependent on tradition-direction. 1970 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 Mar. 25/3 Societies in stages of ‘tradition direction’, ‘inner direction’ and ‘other direction’. 2011 A. Fraser WASP Question iii. 112 The change from tradition-direction to inner-direction was the greatest social and characterological shift in the history of the Anglo-Saxon peoples. < as lemmas |
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