| academician |
one who adheres to the traditional forms and methods of scholarship. [1/2 definitions] |
| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| acupuncture |
a traditional Chinese practice of pricking certain parts of the body with fine needles to relieve pain or cure disease. [1/2 definitions] |
| anti-hero |
a central character in a story, novel, or play who lacks traditional heroic qualities, such as high purpose or moral strength. |
| antitraditional |
combined form of traditional. |
| bonnet |
a traditional women's cloth hat with a brim and fastened beneath the chin with ribbons, now worn primarily by infants. [1/6 definitions] |
| Bunraku |
a traditional form of Japanese puppet theater, that uses large wooden puppets manipulated by visible puppeteers who are dressed in black. |
| clan |
among the Scottish Highlanders, a traditional basis of social organization, composed of a group of families claiming a common hereditary ancestor. [1/3 definitions] |
| conservatism |
a general preference for the traditional; disinclination to change. [1/2 definitions] |
| conservative |
preferring the traditional and resisting rapid change. [3/7 definitions] |
| conventional |
established by custom or usage; traditional. [1/3 definitions] |
| custom |
an accepted or traditional practice, either of an individual or a social group. [3/8 definitions] |
| distaff |
(old-fashioned) women as a whole, or the traditional sphere and concerns of women. [1/3 definitions] |
| essentialism |
the educational doctrine that certain traditional values and skills are necessary elements of society and should be taught to all students. |
| ethnobotany |
a branch of anthropology concerned with the cultural relationship between a people and their traditional use and management of plants. |
| folk |
denoting the artistic forms of a traditional, esp. rural, culture. [1/6 definitions] |
| folk dancing |
the activity of dancing to the traditional music of a particular region using steps that have been established by custom. |
| folkway |
(often pl.) a pattern of life or mode of thought or action shared by a people as part of their traditional culture. |
| formalism |
rigorous adherence to or observance of traditional forms, as in religious practice or artistic expression. |
| free school |
a school that is an alternative to the traditional public and private schools, with a flexible approach to teaching. |
| from scratch |
in baking or cooking, combining basic individual ingredients and using traditional methods, as opposed to using store-bought prepared ingredients which allow for reducing steps in the baking or cooking process. [1/2 definitions] |