Associations to the word «Traditionalism»

Wiktionary

TRADITIONALISM, noun. The adherence to traditional views or practices, especially with regard to cultural or religious matters.
TRADITIONALISM, noun. A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude; the doctrine that human reason is of itself radically unable to know with certainty any truth or, at least, the fundamental truths of the metaphysical, moral, and religious order.

Dictionary definition

TRADITIONALISM, noun. Strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings.
TRADITIONALISM, noun. Adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters).
TRADITIONALISM, noun. The doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats