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to traditionalize

to traditionalize

7.2
To make something seem like a custom followed for a long time
  • verb
  • /trəˈdɪʃənəlaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : tradicionalizar
  • Efforts to traditionalize the annual festival included incorporating customs that had been passed down through generations.

Examples

  • One might argue that the National Outlook Movement, unlike other Islamic movements, has not negated tradition but has sought rather to traditionalize the past by creating an invented ideal Ottoman society that would serve as a model for restructuring the present and the future.

    Academic text (2000)

  • This article analyzes this process, looking at government policies of Druze ethnicization, the ecological factors reinforcing it, and the problems of traditionalizing a policing role in a democracy.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Excesses became institutionalized and then traditionalized.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Appropriated, in turn, by Afro-Cubans, these objects and styles became traditionalized as status objects in the presentation of Lucumf orichas.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The community worked hard to traditionalize their unique celebrations, ensuring that future generations would continue to honor them.

  • The organization aimed to traditionalize the practices of local artisans, preserving their techniques for future artisans to learn.

Synonyms

to institutionalize
vsto traditionalize
  • US
16 7.1

Make something a regular and accepted part of a system or group

is about making it seem part of a longstanding custom rather than formal adoption
to conventionalize
vsto traditionalize
7.5

To make something follow the usual rules or styles used by a group

is about making it seem part of a longstanding custom

Antonyms

to modernize
51 4.0

To make something more up to date using new tools or ideas

to innovate
39 5.5

Bring in new ideas or ways of doing things

How Traditional

to preserve
496 3.4
to traditionalize
  • US
7.2
to adapt
178 3.2
to modernize
51 4.0

Surface Forms

traditionalize infinitive
traditionalized past
traditionalized past participle
traditionalizing present participle
traditionalizes third person singular

Morphology

traditionalize = traditional (transparent) = tradition + al + ize

Adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to 'traditional' yields a predictable meaning 'to make or render traditional.'

Etymology

The word traditionalize comes from tradition, which originally meant 'hand over', because traditions are things handed down from older people. The ending -ize means 'to make', so to traditionalize something is to make it a tradition or make it seem like a long-standing custom.