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• n  strict adherence to traditional methods or teachings
• n  adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)
• n  the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions

• AGE: 51 OCCUPATION: King of Bhutan NUMBER OF PTI COVERS: 0 PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE PTI 100: 1 PRO: Principled monarch who has found a balance between traditionalism .
• Sipping at the well of the classics is a way for him to add a mantle of traditionalism to his rule and remain indelibly Chinese while avoiding any unsettling political reforms .
• One of the eleven traits, traditionalism (respect for authority, rules, standards and high morals), was discovered to be 60% inherited.

• traditionality

News & Articles

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• The Mandela Family Feud: What Will It Mean for His Legacy?
  He was hugely effective at bridging South Africa's divisions between traditionalism and modernity, but his relatives are now making these rifts worse.        
  July 10, 2013 - The Atlantic

Quotes

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• Mangosuthu Buthelezi in Independent Online
  Buthelezi said Gumede's "shrewd political judgement, strong social conscience and staunch traditionalism" would be missed by the party.
• Pico Iyer in Los Angeles Times
  In Tibet the Dalai Lama was an embodiment of an old culture that, cut off from the world, spoke for an ancient, even lost traditionalism,writes Iyer.
• Tom Frank in Washington Post
  In other lands and in other times,Frank writes, "conservatism has meant traditionalism, an attitude of respect for institutions inherited from times past. In America, however, conservatism has always been an expression of business."