neo-traditionaladj.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)trəˈdɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌniːə(ʊ)trəˈdɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈˌnioʊtrəˈdɪʃən(ə)l/, /ˈˌnioʊtrəˈdɪʃn(ə)l/ That returns to or revives traditional methods, styles, ways of life, etc., esp. while incorporating contemporary elements or influences.
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1948 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 20 285 A new culture has emerged [on the island of Guam] which combines aboriginal with Western..and Filipino elements. This neotraditional system of life has in turn borne the brunt..of an increasingly vigorous Americanization.
1966 Midwest Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 10 343 Their public philosophies are anti-secular, authoritarian and neo-traditional.
1977 R. Rapoport & R. N. Rapoport Dual-Career Families Re-examined x. 335 Twenty-seven [of the husbands] were ‘neo-traditional’: while they considered their own occupations and careers to be more important than their wives', they thought their wives had a right to be facilitated.
1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 June 27/1 Although Lake has more commonly been associated with the..school of neo-traditional jazz/rock fusion, here he's let his imagination carry him to new territories, which he promptly claims as his own.
1993 Colorodoan (Fort Collins) 6 Mar. a12/4 Many growing communities in the United States are experimenting with so-called ‘neo-traditional’ town planning.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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