traditionalism

1. 1.

   strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings

   Synonymstraditionality

   Broaderorthodoxy

   Narrowerscholasticism
2. 2.

   adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)

   Broaderattachment

   religion

3. 3.

   the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

   Broaderphilosophical doctrine

Other forms of traditionalism

plural

traditionalisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about traditionalism

What does traditionalism mean?

traditionalism means "strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in traditionalism?

traditionalism has 6 syllables: tra-di-ti-o-na-lism. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for traditionalism?

Close synonyms include traditionality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is traditionalism a common word?

traditionalism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.