🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

tradicionalista

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tradicionalista

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Traditionalist/trəˈdɪʃ.ən.əl.ɪst/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El grupo de tradicionalistas se opuso a los cambios."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A person who respects, upholds, and follows long-established traditions, especially in religion, culture, or politics.

    "As a strict traditionalist, she insisted on using the old family recipe for the holiday feast."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from tradition, stemming from Latin traditio meaning 'handing over' or 'surrender', combined with the suffix -ist denoting an adherent of a doctrine or practice. The term evolved in the late 18th to 19th centuries to describe individuals who uphold established customs, beliefs, and cultural or religious practices against rapid modernization.

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