traditional
Traditional can describe anything that follows tradition, or a usual way of doing things. Traditional Mexican food includes tortillas and beans. A bag of corn chips with chili and fake cheese sauce, on the other hand, is not traditional.
A tradition can be personal or national, and the adjective traditional has tons of uses. Traditional football might require a brown pigskin ball or a white soccer ball, depending on where you live. Your traditional national costume could be a sari, while your friend's is a kimono. And that walking taco? It's traditional carnival food for some.
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consisting of or derived from tradition“traditional history”“traditional morality”
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conventional
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
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handed-down, tralatitious
having been passed along from generation to generation
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traditionalistic
adhering to tradition especially in cultural or religious practices
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antonyms:
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nontraditional, untraditional
not conforming to or in accord with tradition
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conventional
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pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines“the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished”
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mainstream, orthodox
adhering to what is commonly accepted
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mainstream, orthodox
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