traditionalistnoun [ C ]
uk/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl.ɪst/us/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl.ɪst/someone who believes in and follows traditional ideas:
Religious traditionalists objected to theories of evolution being taught in schools.
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Custom, tradition & conformity
- apple pie
- as American as apple pie idiom 1
- backward-looking
- backwards
- be (like) sheep idiom
- blend into the scenery idiom
- cue
- fashion
- folk
- folk memory
- folklore
- follow the crowd idiom
- non-traditional
- nonconformist
- norm
- orthodoxy
- patrimony
- reactionary
- scenery
- zeitgeist
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traditionalist
adjective uk/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl.ɪst/us/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl.ɪst/
She holds traditionalist Muslim views.
This production of "Swan Lake" is in traditionalist style.