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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

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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

"It's amazing. It's a tradition that's dated back so many years, and it just gets bigger and better every single year," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Dimon’s annual letter to shareholders has become a tradition since he became chief executive in the 2000s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

In the Black Christian prophetic tradition, he told me, witnessing is about action, not words.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The people of Rin were proud of their tradition of courage.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda