单词 | untraditional |
释义 | untraditionaladj. 1. Not based on or sanctioned by tradition; not customary or long-established. ΚΠ 1853 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 459/2 She carries everything before her by the grace of her untraditional movements. 1864 Orchestra 2 Jan. 223/3 The performance, on the whole, was a very fair one, in spite of one or two un-traditional readings. 1958 Times 16 Dec. 11/1 We await the rest of the season with untraditional excitement. 1971 ‘E. Ferrars’ Stranger & Afraid xii. 187 The understanding that the university should be one of the new ones and as untraditional as possible. 2014 K. Christensen & I. Guldvik Migrant Care Workers (2016) 102 Traditional versus untraditional gender ideas and behaviour. 2. Of a person or group: not adhering to tradition. ΚΠ 1884 Mag. of Art 7 493/2 Like them, he [sc. Whistler] is untraditional. 1919 Proc. Americanization Conf. (U.S. Dept. Interior Bureau Educ.) 309 Untraditional peoples, or peoples wrenched violently away from their traditions, are unlikely to make the most of the opportunity of America. 1986 R. Christenson Polit. Trials (1989) vi. 147 Adler was tried before an especially moderate and untraditional judge. 2016 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 7 Feb. 6 I met a very un-traditional priest in Anogia who is a bodyguard and runs a gun club. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1853 |
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