from generation to generation
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- legacyWhat's passed down
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- descendantsThose who come after
- lineageDescent from progenitors
tradition · inheritance · bloodline · family · heirloom · roots · passing · elders · grandparents · grandchildren · wisdom · stories · customs · ancestral · dynasty · continuity · offspring · forebears
temporal continuity
from generation to generationovernight
Spanning evening to morning
momentarily · briefly · dying out · all at once · in an instant
scope of transmission
from generation to generationindividually
One at a time
personally · starting from scratch · de novo · self-contained · non-transferable
transmission mode
from generation to generationspontaneously
Without forethought or preparation
from scratch · de novo · breaking with tradition · starting fresh · original