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tradition

[truh-dish-uhn] / trəˈdɪʃ ən /
NOUN
established practice
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belief culture custom ethic folklore form habit heritage idea institution law legend lore myth mythology orthodoxy practice ritual wisdom
STRONG
birthright convention customs ethics fable inheritance mores praxis usage
WEAK
mythos unwritten law
Antonyms
STRONGEST
change heterodoxy innovation innovativeness nonconformism unconformity unorthodoxy
STRONG
apostasy bohemianism iconoclasm modernism novelty originality progression progressiveness
WEAK
adaptation creativity departure deviance deviation digression dissent divergence freshness heresy imagination imaginativeness invention irreverence new idea newness skepticism transgressiveness variation

Example Sentences

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Claiming Marie Byrd Land would continue that tradition at no financial cost to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“I think we see the world a lot in the same way of really being respectful of the tradition of what the Masters is, but also being willing to innovate,” Stacy said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Hundreds of people have put their strength to the test in a quirky West Yorkshire Easter tradition.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Bates-Chamberlain is founder and executive director of Live Free Chicago-Live Free Illinois, a social justice organization built on the Black church tradition.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

It was the Burgess sisters, after all, who originated the tradition of such statues within the circus.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern