What does traditionalist mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
traditionalist, diehardadjective
one who adheres to traditional views
hidebound, traditionalistadjective
stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded
Wiktionary
traditionalistnoun
A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices
ChatGPT
traditionalist
A traditionalist is a person who supports, follows, or advocates for traditional practices, beliefs, or customs, often resisting or opposing changes to these. They uphold established conventions and values often associated with their culture, religion, or societal norms. This can apply to various fields, including politics, philosophy, art, religion, etc.
Webster Dictionary
Traditionalistnoun
an advocate of, or believer in, traditionalism; a traditionist
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of traditionalist in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of traditionalist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of traditionalist in a Sentence
Within Catholic Church, there is a tough group of conservative bishops and priests and cardinals, and also very traditionalist bishops and cardinals who are practically against the Pope, who are working against The Pope, they don't like what The Pope wanted to do with the synod about family, to give new possibilities to remarried and divorced people to get the communion, or to have a new look on the homosexual union.
Traditionalist may want the service, but this is not just the flu, we are all responsible to stop the spread.
That is kind of in my mind, and maybe I'm a traditionalist, violates a norm and standard of behavior that's long been abided by previous presidents and to me that's bothersome and I think another sign of some erosion of our institutions and our norms and standards.
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