"traditionalist" meaning in English

See traditionalist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more traditionalist [comparative], most traditionalist [superlative]
Etymology: From traditional + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|traditional|ist}} traditional + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} traditionalist (comparative more traditionalist, superlative most traditionalist)
  1. Adhering to tradition, especially in religious practices.
    Sense id: en-traditionalist-en-adj-iCkydCDQ

Noun

Forms: traditionalists [plural]
Etymology: From traditional + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|traditional|ist}} traditional + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} traditionalist (plural traditionalists)
  1. A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices. Translations (one who adheres to tradition): tradicionalista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 傳統主義者 (Chinese Mandarin), 传统主义者 (chuántǒng zhǔyìzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), traditionalist [common-gender] (Danish), traditionalistinen (Finnish), traditionaliste [feminine, masculine] (French), tradicionalista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Traditionalist [masculine] (German), Traditionalistin [feminine] (German), tradizionalista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 伝統主義者 (dentō shugisha) (alt: でんとうしゅぎしゃ) (Japanese), tradisjonalist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tradisjonalist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tradycjonalista [masculine] (Polish), tradycjonalistka [feminine] (Polish), tradicionalista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), традиционали́ст (tradicionalíst) [masculine] (Russian), традиционали́стка (tradicionalístka) [feminine] (Russian), традиционалист [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tradicionalist [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tradicionalista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), traditionalist [common-gender] (Swedish), традиціоналі́ст (tradycionalíst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), традиціоналі́стка (tradycionalístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-traditionalist-en-noun-0w-zM6tp Disambiguation of 'one who adheres to tradition': 81 19
  2. (climbing) A traditional climbing climber. Categories (topical): Climbing, People
    Sense id: en-traditionalist-en-noun-amjOU7iJ Disambiguation of People: 0 28 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 20 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 13 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 20 14 66 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: African traditionalist, current-traditionalist, neo-traditionalist, neotraditionalist, paleo-traditionalist, paleotraditionalist, traditionalistic, ultratraditionalist, ultra-traditionalist

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tradisjonalist"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tradisjonalist"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tradycjonalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tradycjonalistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tradicionalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tradicionalíst",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "традиционали́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tradicionalístka",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "традиционали́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "традиционалист"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tradicionalist"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tradicionalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "traditionalist"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tradycionalíst",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "традиціоналі́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tradycionalístka",
      "sense": "one who adheres to tradition",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "традиціоналі́стка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "traditionalist"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ist",
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        "2": "traditional",
        "3": "ist"
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From traditional + -ist.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more traditionalist",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most traditionalist",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2023 October 3, Jason Horowitz, “Conservative Catholics, Relegated to Sidelines, Denounce Papal Gathering”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "The day before, Cardinal Burke and other traditionalist prelates made public an exchange of letters with Francis in which they aired grave doubts about the legitimacy of a major assembly of the world’s bishops and laypeople that will, on Wednesday, begin discussing some of the most sensitive topics in the church.",
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        "Adhering to tradition, especially in religious practices."
      ],
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          "religious",
          "religious"
        ],
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          "practice",
          "practice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "traditionalist"
}

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