anti-tradition
Against established ways
Anti-tradition describes opposition to established customs, practices, or inherited ways of doing things.
It can be a stance, a movement, or a quality: The punk movement was deeply anti-tradition.
Someone anti-tradition rejects conventions not from ignorance but from deliberate resistance to what came before.
Rejection of prevailing norms
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
subversion · rejection · revolt · radicalism · transgression · punk · avant-garde · underground
Innovative cultural pioneers
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
- experimentalismPreference for untried approaches
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
Dadaism · Futurism · abstraction · surrealism · minimalism · conceptualism · transgressive · boundary-pushing
Creating something original
- progressMovement toward improvement
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- changeTo make different
- secularizationReligion losing social significance
liberalization · westernization · globalization · urbanization · industrialization · advancement · transformation · evolution
Attacking revered traditions
- irreverenceDisregard for what's honored
- taboo-breakingViolating sacred prohibitions
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- desecrationViolating something sacred
blasphemy · profanity · decolonization · assimilation · apostasy · secularism
nonconformity
Rejection of prevailing norms
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- dissentDisagreement with authority
defiance · subversion · rejection · revolt · radicalism · transgression · punk · avant-garde · underground · protest
avant-garde
Innovative cultural pioneers
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
- experimentalismPreference for untried approaches
deconstruction · Dadaism · Futurism · abstraction · surrealism · minimalism · conceptualism · transgressive · boundary-pushing · unconventional
innovation
Creating something original
secularization · liberalization · westernization · globalization · urbanization · industrialization · advancement · transformation · evolution · disruption
iconoclasm
Attacking revered traditions
- irreverenceDisregard for what's honored
- taboo-breakingViolating sacred prohibitions
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
desecration · blasphemy · profanity · decolonization · assimilation · apostasy · secularism
anti-traditiontraditional
Following long-held customs
traditionalist · conventional · conservative · orthodox · traditionalism
anti-traditionconservative
Cautious about altering customs
preservationist · restorationist · reactionary · status quo · establishment
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