traditional English · revision 3020

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1594|origins=en tradition}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /trəˈdɪʃ.ᵊn.ᵊl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[tradition]] and the suffix [[-al]],^(Etymonline) perhaps after [[la-med|trāditiōnālis]].^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Observing traditions: 1594 in the OED, a rare use now obsolete,^(OED 1989) the 1590s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “Handed down by tradition” is from about 1600,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and “said to be so by tradition”, as of a story or attribution, from 1856.^(OED 1989) In jazz it was applied from 1950 to a post-war style modelled on the earliest bands.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''Traditionalist'', one who keeps to a traditional system, is from the 1660s,^(Etymonline) and ''traditionality'' from 1834.^(OED 1989) As a rare noun, a traditional belief, it is recorded in 1643.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1594 – observing traditions.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1600 – handed down by tradition.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1643 – noun, a traditional belief.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1660s – ''traditionalist''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1856 – reputed by tradition.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1950 – traditional jazz.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of, according to or handed down by [[tradition]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Long established; [[conventional]]: ''a traditional wedding''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # Of jazz, in the early New Orleans style.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[traditionally]]

+ * [[traditionality]]

+ * [[antitraditional]]

+ * [[nontraditional]]

+ * [[pretraditional]]

+ * [[protraditional]]

+ * [[quasi-traditional]]

+ * [[semitraditional]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tradition]]

+ * [[traditionalism]]

+ * [[traitor]]

+ * [[treason]]

+ * [[betray]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}