traditionalism has definitions from the fields of sociology,philosophy
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[ noun ] strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings

Synonyms

traditionality

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

How right he was ; how clearly he saw the cultural defection of experimentation as an escape for those who dare not or prefer not to face the discipline of modern traditionalism .

Related terms

orthodoxy scholasticism

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[ noun ] (sociology) adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

That he mastered every aspect of his medium according_to his own great talents and contemporary judgments , is a good and solid symbol of his people under the tremendous pressures of proclaiming and practising the rigors of a new culture ; and perhaps of even greater significance - his music is strong 20_th Century evidence of the effectiveness of Evolution , based on a broad Traditionalism for the creative art of music .

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attachment religion

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[ noun ] (philosophy) the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

Related terms

philosophical_doctrine

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