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traditional view

traditional view

2 3.5
A belief a group has held for a long time and sees as normal
  • noun
translation icon : visión tradicional
  • Many people still hold the traditional view that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
  • hold traditional view
  • challenge the traditional view
  • traditional views of gender

But those ideals have often been threatened by an older, more traditional view of power.

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Examples

  • So unfortunately, this is sort of the traditional view on aging.

  • The traditional view presupposes rational self-interested agents, intent on buying and selling, and improving their lot.

    Academic text (2001)

  • So here is the traditional view in a large population.

  • So this was a traditional view in in society.

  • In the traditional view of conservation, people play one of two roles:

    Academic text (2012)

  • Actually, the Alliance Defending Freedom was one of the groups, and they have a traditional view of marriage and other things.

  • Over the past 20 years, however, teams of Chinese and Western paleontologists have challenged these traditional views.

    Academic text (2006)

  • A traditional view of learning regards knowledge as being outside of the learner.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Kane's results suggest that what is considered appropriate behavior for female athletes remains influenced by traditional views of gender role orientation.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The traditional view is that black nationalism and acculturation to the dominant society are diametrically opposed.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

cultural belief
vstraditional view
1 3.6

An idea many people in a culture share that affects how they act

is held for a long time and seen as conventional rather than culturally specific

Antonyms

radical
462 6.0

Completely new and different and changes the basic way something works

progressive
251 4.8

Supporting new social changes in politics to make society fairer

How Traditional

orthodox
30 5.9
traditional view
2 3.5

Surface Forms

traditional view singular
traditional views plural

Morphology

traditional + view

The meaning 'a belief or opinion held for a long time' is directly and compositionally derived from 'traditional' (relating to customs passed down) + 'view' (opinion). This adjectival-noun combination follows a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reliably infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Traditional view comes from the simple image of an old picture on a wall that a family or group looks at for years. traditional means 'passed down' and view means how people see something, so this image helps explain why traditional view means a belief a group holds for a 'long time' or thinks is 'normal'.