traditionalism

Definitions of traditionalism
  1. noun
    strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings
    synonyms: traditionality
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    types:
    academicism, academism, scholasticism
    close adherence to traditional teachings or methods
    type of:
    orthodoxy
    the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
  2. noun
    adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)
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    type of:
    adherence, adhesion, attachment
    faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
  3. noun
    the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions
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    type of:
    philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
    a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
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