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traditionalistic

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of traditionalistic

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions

traditionalistic bartenders tend to cringe at the sweet concoctions that nowadays pass for cocktails

Synonyms of traditionalistic

archconservative, brassbound, button-down (or buttoned-down), conservative, die-hard, hidebound, mossbacked, old-fashioned, old-line, old-school, orthodox, paleoconservative, reactionary, standpat, traditional, ultraconservative, unprogressive

Words Related to traditionalistic

conventional, square

devoted, faithful, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue

blimpish, neoconservative, Tory, ultraright, ultrarightist

dowdy, fogyish (or fogeyish), fuddy-duddy, ossified, set, stodgy

right, right-wing

antiliberal, antimodern, antiprogressive, antireform, antirevolutionary

Near Antonyms of traditionalistic

anticonventional, antiestablishment, antitraditional, extremist, radical, revolutionary

advanced, contemporary, modern

lefty, radical, ultraleft, ultraleftist, ultraprogressive, ultraradical

Antonyms of traditionalistic

broad-minded, large-minded, liberal, nonconservative, nonconventional, nonorthodox, nontraditional, open-minded, progressive, unconventional, unorthodox

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