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traditionalist
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[ noun ] (politics) one who adheres to traditional views
Synonyms Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)To the Traditionalists , it was a brilliant satire on modernism ; to the Neo Classicists , it was a challenge to the pre-war world . At this date , it seems probable that the name of Serge_Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History , as an effective Traditionalist , who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation , and used it as it served his purpose ; yet was never caught_up in it - never a slave to its academic dialectics . (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)If he is a traditionalist , he is an eclectic traditionalist . If he is a traditionalist , he is an eclectic traditionalist . Faulkner is a most untraditional traditionalist . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded
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