untraditional

Examples

• All

• Finding ways to integrate learning in untraditional venues with the understanding gained in academic pursuits is a challenge that one hundred students face as they participate in off-campus programs.

  Academic text (1993)

• Editorialists, Lynne Cheney at their head, excoriated what they termed untraditional views of the American past and the downgrading of Western civilization in the larger historical approach to the rest of the world.

  Academic text (1995)

• We discuss possible reasons for the greater risk of divorce in untraditional couples.

  Blog text (28)

• TM: You found a community of readers in a rather untraditional manner.

  Blog text (15)

• It is also quite untraditional, as it has day students (traditional college students) and career students (older adults).

  Academic text (2005)

• Hi, my name is Nora and I ditched the dating apps and took kind of an untraditional approach to dating.

• Others followed in their wake as missionaries and church organizers; they traveled either on their own (a decidedly untraditional practice) or in association with a partner.

  Academic text (2000)

• Cohen and Brawer (1989) call community colleges untraditional but truly American, "never satisfied with resting on what's been done before... but trying new approaches to old problems" (p. 29).

  Academic text (1995)

• The artist's untraditional approach to painting surprised many in the gallery.

• She decided on an untraditional career path that did not follow the usual norms.

Synonyms

U

unconventional

vsuntraditional

77 6.2

Different from what most people do or accept

emphasizes deviation from customary methods and ideas rather than novelty

U

unorthodox

vsuntraditional

52 7.3

Not following the usual rules or customs

is the broader label for not following customary ideas or methods

N

nontraditional

vsuntraditional

12 5.9

Not doing things in the usual way

is the alternative form used interchangeably in many contexts

C

countercultural

vsuntraditional

3 7.5

Opposing the main values and ways of life of most people

covers any nonconformity, not only broad societal opposition

N

nonconformist

vsuntraditional

3 7.4

Not following the usual customs or rules of society

applies generally to ideas or methods, not specifically to a person's stance

N

nonconforming

vsuntraditional

2 7.1

Not following usual customs or religious beliefs

is broader, applying to ideas and practices beyond belief contexts

U

untypical

vsuntraditional

1 6.2

Not usual for people or things of the same kind

is about departing from customary ideas and practices, not typicality

N

nonorthodox

vsuntraditional

7.0

Not following usual ideas or ways

is the neutral term for not following accepted ideas or practices

H

heterodoxical

vsuntraditional

• Formal

9.3

Not following the usual beliefs or practices

is about simple nonconformity rather than explicit doctrinal disagreement

U

unconformist

vsuntraditional

8.2

Not following the usual rules or ways that most people accept

focuses on the general absence of conformity in ideas or methods

U

uncanonical

vsuntraditional

• Literature

9.1

Not part of the officially accepted story or rules

is about general nonconformity, not limited to technical or official rules

A

antitraditional

vsuntraditional

7.6

Not supporting traditional ideas and old ways of doing things

describes simple nonfollowing rather than active opposition or rejection

U

unconservative

vsuntraditional

7.8

Willing to try new ideas and take risks

is about not following tradition without implying risk taking

N

non-typical

vsuntraditional

4.8

Not usual or expected

focuses on breaking from customary ideas or methods rather than mere rarity

N

nonnormative

vsuntraditional

9.0

Not usual or what most people expect

is specifically about not following customary ideas and practices

Antonyms

T

traditional

994 1.5

Following long-held customs and ways of doing things

How Untraditional

radical

462 6.0

unorthodox

52 7.3

untraditional

3 5.3

unconventional

77 6.2

Surface Forms

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