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tradition

[truh-dish-uhn] / trəˈdɪʃ ən /
NOUN
established practice
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belief culture custom ethic folklore form habit heritage idea institution law legend lore myth mythology orthodoxy practice ritual wisdom
STRONG
birthright convention customs ethics fable inheritance mores praxis usage
WEAK
mythos unwritten law
Antonyms
STRONGEST
change heterodoxy innovation innovativeness nonconformism unconformity unorthodoxy
STRONG
apostasy bohemianism iconoclasm modernism novelty originality progression progressiveness
WEAK
adaptation creativity departure deviance deviation digression dissent divergence freshness heresy imagination imaginativeness invention irreverence new idea newness skepticism transgressiveness variation

Example Sentences

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Their presence came hours after Augusta chairman Fred Ridley discussed the ongoing battle for the Masters to find the balance "between respecting tradition and innovating".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Claiming Marie Byrd Land would continue that tradition at no financial cost to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Her casting was a break from “The Bachelorette” tradition in that she had not been a contestant on a previous season of “The Bachelor.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Bates-Chamberlain is founder and executive director of Live Free Chicago-Live Free Illinois, a social justice organization built on the Black church tradition.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Wreaths aren’t exactly a Hanukkah tradition, but at least Mom is trying.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan