SINCE 1828
anti-traditional
adjective
an·ti-tra·di·tion·al
| \ ˌan-tē-trə-ˈdish-nəl
, -ˈdi-shə-nᵊl, ˌan-tī-\
, -ˈdi-shə-nᵊl, ˌan-tī-\
Definition of anti-traditional
: opposed to or hostile toward traditional methods and attitudes : emphatically and deliberately untraditional
Yet in their implications and inner meanings, these individualist values are profoundly anti-traditional.— Christopher Lasch anti-traditional art
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