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traditionalist

[truh-dish-uhn-uhl-ist] / trəˈdɪʃ ən əl ɪst /




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You ever go through a cranky traditionalist phase?

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 11, 2025

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

Newton’s culture, it could be argued, was inherently conservative and traditionalist; Newton could not have formulated the idea of a revolution even if he had wanted to.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The artificiality of all this, however, has pitted him against traditionalists who believe in the ocean's ability to self-heal.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

For years, soccer traditionalists worried a halftime show would unnecessarily “Americanize” the tournament.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Tribalists and traditionalists have controlled the terms of the battle, one by simplifying, the other by denying, the way privilege has shaped our compound selves.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

While the team didn’t get to a World Series under Beane, it found new data-driven ways to construct a winning team with a low budget—defying the mocking skepticism of baseball traditionalists.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Liberals and conservatives, traditionalists and reformers, white-collar officials and blue-collar miners, all remained loyal to him, not because they always agreed with him, but because the regent listened to and respected all different opinions.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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