How to Use traditionalism in a Sentence

traditionalism

noun
  • Sure — along with streaks of traditionalism and other things.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The traditionalism of Viennese art may have held him back, but so did his own hunger to please.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Malú finds out the problem was not the band’s lack of talent but its lack of traditionalism and volume control.
    — Nell Beram, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2017
  • In a sport known for its traditionalism, adding a mixed event to the Olympics initially had its critics.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 31 July 2021
  • Each scene is the same showdown between traditionalism and modernism, set in a new locale.
    — Amy Nicholson, Variety, 14 June 2022
  • On one hand, this approach is the same old conservative call for a return to traditionalism.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Some forms of Asian traditionalism can even be helpful to democracies.
    — Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
  • Patterns, textures, and a rejection of traditionalism have come alive this spring.
    — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • On the one hand, it is composed of men of experience, judgment and traditionalism.
    — Charles Krauthammer, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2017
  • For a sport that has long battled traditionalism in its effort to attract younger fans, these innovations may come across as avant-garde.
    — Noah Gittell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The answer is a combination of genes, timing, a sportwide trend toward traditionalism and a very agreeable stud.
    — Blair Braverman, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2020
  • And then there’s Satmar, which is Hasidism as traditionalism.
    — Ben Harris, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Devotion to it is devotion to an extreme form of traditionalism.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 8 June 2021
  • During the discussion, four key points stood out as a means to finding your own method to buck traditionalism for true authenticity.
    — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 6 July 2021
  • In the early Fifties, traditionalism was certainly the most wide-ranging.
    — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 4 June 2019
  • The major nominees were indeed far more diverse, but in the end, the winners reflected a sense of traditionalism.
    — Chris Payne, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018
  • It’s established early on in the film that Mutlu and her family live in an area rooted in traditionalism.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Many of the musicians who come through its programs as youngsters treat Marsalisite traditionalism as a launchpad, rather than an ideal.
    — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The through line connecting all of Jenkins’s work is a polished traditionalism infused with color and pattern.
    — ELLE Decor, 17 May 2023
  • Some Gen Zers are ready to embrace domestic traditionalism.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • What unites the two men in Linklater’s vision is a suspicion of traditionalism and a hatred of complacency.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The notch lapel adds a classic touch that levels out the boxiness of the shape, nodding to a bit of traditionalism in an otherwise unconventional fit.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
  • But Broadway thrillers — a long-standing genre but hardly one in fashion — have tended to be more tied to thunder, gunshots and other monikers of traditionalism.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
  • That first show, in February, was heralded as a triumph of traditionalism and innovation all at once.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The Mountain State’s traditionalism is often mistaken for by-the-book conservatism when there is far more nuance at play.
    — Andrew Donaldson, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • She is bathed in the current of traditionalism that traces at least back to Catholic revulsion to the French Revolution.
    — Jason Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
  • But this is a different animal, with implications for the traditionalism that has long been part of baseball’s lasting appeal.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • This traditionalism, in turn, can drift into a sort of piety often elicited by the vulnerability of the very sick or the resilience of the unaccountably well.
    — Nitin K. Ahuja, Slate Magazine, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Needless to say, America is not a country ripe for the imposition of Catholic traditionalism.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 7 June 2019
  • Moore’s comments — and the support for them — show just how uninterested some Americans are in leaving some hallmarks of traditionalism in the past.
    — Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2017

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