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untraditional

tra·di·tion·al
U u

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [truh-dish-uh-nl]
    • /trəˈdɪʃ ə nl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [truh-dish-uh-nl]
    • /trəˈdɪʃ ə nl/

Definitions of untraditional word

  • adjective untraditional of or relating to tradition. 1
  • adjective untraditional handed down by tradition. 1
  • adjective untraditional in accordance with tradition. 1
  • adjective untraditional of, relating to, or characteristic of the older styles of jazz, especially New Orleans style, Chicago style, Kansas City style, and Dixieland. Compare mainstream (def 5). 1
  • adjective untraditional not conventional 1
  • adjective untraditional not traditional; not characterized by or of the nature of tradition 0
See all 6 definitions of untraditional

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Origin of untraditional

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
From the Medieval Latin word trāditiōnālis, dating back to 1585-95. See tradition, -al1

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Parts of speech for Untraditional

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Untraditional

untraditional popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for untraditional

adj untraditional

  • avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.

adjective untraditional

  • apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
  • backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
  • outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
All 4 Synonyms of untraditional

Antonyms for untraditional

adj untraditional

  • bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
  • button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
  • collinear — lying on the same straight line
  • die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.

adjective untraditional

  • orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
  • workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
All 17 Antonyms of untraditional

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