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traditionalist

ADJECTIVE
conservative
Synonyms
STRONG
Tory bourgeois constant firm fuddy-duddy quiet reactionary right rightist stable steady timid
WEAK
controlled conventional die-hard fearful fogyish guarded hard hat hidebound holding to illiberal in a rut inflexible middle-of-the-road obstinate old guard old-line orthodox right of center right-wing sober traditional traditionalistic unchangeable unchanging uncreative undaring unimaginative unprogressive
Antonyms
STRONG
changeable inconstant unfixed unstable unsteady
NOUN
conservative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
old guard right-winger
STRONG
Tory moderate orthodox preserver rightist
WEAK
classicist conserver conventionalist die-hard hard hat middle-of-the-roader moderatist old liner reactionary standpat unprogressive

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He has been denounced as a champion of imperialism, a sentimental traditionalist, a shallow Christian apologist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Yet away from the mainstream, Ceirion Dewar, who is a bishop in the small, more conservative, traditionalist Confessing Anglican Church, insists he will not be "lectured to" by these clergy.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

As a stock-and-bond traditionalist who hasn’t yet used the firm’s services, I have questions.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

And since I’ve never been much of a traditionalist, I stirred in a few teaspoons of white miso.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025

“I added the eyelashes and lips. Grampa doesn’t much like them. He’s more of a traditionalist when it comes to lures. And most everything else.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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