How to Use traditionalism in a Sentence

traditionalism

noun

• In a sport known for its traditionalism, adding a mixed event to the Olympics initially had its critics.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 31 July 2021
• 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
• 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
• Sure — along with streaks of traditionalism and other things.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Nov. 2020
• 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
• While American gender roles have shifted a great deal in the last 30 years, the joint tax return remains a bulwark of traditionalism, according to the first-of-its kind study.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 10 July 2023
• 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 major nominees were indeed far more diverse, but in the end, the winners reflected a sense of traditionalism.
  — Chris Payne, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018
• The traditionalism of Adlon’s pink corsage found its compliment in Smith’s ripped-from-the-runways mix of luxury sneakers and thick Cuban link chain.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 31 May 2018
• In the early Fifties, traditionalism was certainly the most wide-ranging.
  — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 4 June 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• And then there’s Satmar, which is Hasidism as traditionalism.
  — Ben Harris, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2020
• The through line connecting all of Jenkins’s work is a polished traditionalism infused with color and pattern.
  — ELLE Decor, 17 May 2023
• Griping about Uber or Juul can seem like missing the forest for the trees—or come across as knee-jerk traditionalism that unfairly demonizes youthful trends.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 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
• The community split into two factions: those who agreed with Edgar’s traditionalism and those who supported Paul’s novel approach to the game.
  — Cara Michelle Smith, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2020
• In the way that country singers often revert to traditionalism after they’re done pushing against the genre’s boundaries, Eminem may well be on his way to becoming a rap classicist.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
• These conservatives may have adopted the language of populism, but their agenda is straight out of 1950s traditionalism.
  — Nicole Rodgers, Fortune, 28 May 2021
• Needless to say, America is not a country ripe for the imposition of Catholic traditionalism.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 7 June 2019
• While the contrast with Black’s traditionalism seemed at first jarring — this was more thundering swamp rock than country — Adkins hit his stride when slowing it down for some sweet, sad ballads that showed off his rumbling bass voice.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 25 Aug. 2019
• Beloved for his dedication to country music traditionalism with a garage-rock twist, Dallas Good, the co-founding vocalist and guitarist for the Sadies, died Thursday.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 18 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024