traditionalist

See also: Traditionalist and tradiționalist

English

Etymology

From traditional +‎ -ist.

Noun

traditionalist (plural traditionalists)

1. A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices.
   • 1962 December, “A new Pullman era?”, in Modern Railways, page 362:

     Pullman traditionalists will no doubt maintain that the full-service-at-every-seat principle is popular with their clientele; […] .

   • 2023 October 2, Ruth Graham, “‘Two Trains Charging at Each Other’: A Texas Bishop Takes On the Pope”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     He speaks at conferences across the country and posts prolifically on social media on topics ranging from the ethics of Covid-19 vaccines (which he has questioned) to the Latin Mass favored by traditionalists (and discouraged by Pope Francis) to local conflicts between priests and bishops.

2. (climbing) A traditional climbing climber.

Antonyms

• annihilationist
• conditionalist
• destructionist
• reformer
• reformist

Derived terms

• African traditionalist
• current-traditionalist
• neo-traditionalist
• neotraditionalist
• paleo-traditionalist
• paleotraditionalist
• traditionalistic
• ultratraditionalist
• ultra-traditionalist

 

Related terms

• tradition
• traditional
• traditionalise
• traditionalism
• traditionalistical
• traditionalistically
• traditionality
• traditionalize
• traditionally
• traditionarily
• traditionary
• traditionism
• traditionist
• traditionistic
• traditionistically

 

Translations

one who adheres to tradition

• Catalan: tradicionalista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳統主義者／传统主义者 (chuántǒng zhǔyìzhě)

• Danish: traditionalist c
• Finnish: traditionalistinen
• French: traditionaliste (fr) m or f
• Galician: tradicionalista m or f
• German: Traditionalist m, Traditionalistin f
• Italian: tradizionalista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 伝統主義者 (でんとうしゅぎしゃ, dentō shugisha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tradisjonalist m

  Nynorsk: tradisjonalist m

• Polish: tradycjonalista (pl) m, tradycjonalistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tradicionalista m or f
• Russian: традиционали́ст (ru) m (tradicionalíst), традиционали́стка (ru) f (tradicionalístka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: традиционалист m

  Roman: tradicionalist (sh) m

• Spanish: tradicionalista m or f
• Swedish: traditionalist (sv) c
• Ukrainian: традиціоналі́ст m (tradycionalíst), традиціоналі́стка f (tradycionalístka)

Adjective

traditionalist (comparative more traditionalist, superlative most traditionalist)

1. Adhering to tradition, especially in religious practices.
   • 2023 October 3, Jason Horowitz, “Conservative Catholics, Relegated to Sidelines, Denounce Papal Gathering”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The day before, Cardinal Burke and other traditionalist prelates made public an exchange of letters with Francis in which they aired grave doubts about the legitimacy of a major assembly of the world’s bishops and laypeople that will, on Wednesday, begin discussing some of the most sensitive topics in the church.