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Noun: traditionalism  tru'di-shu-nu,li-zum
  1. Strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings
    - traditionality
     
  2. (religion) adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)
     
  3. The doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

Derived forms: traditionalisms

Type of: adherence, adhesion, attachment, orthodoxy, philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory

Encyclopedia: Traditionalism