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breaks with tradition

breaks with tradition is the plural of break with tradition.

breaks with tradition is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break with tradition.

Meaning of break with tradition

Noun

break with tradition (plural breaks with tradition)

  1. A deviation from established practices or traditions.
    • The first [phase] calls for leaders impatient with the past, and temperamentally disposed to an irreverent break with tradition. They must be agitators who can fan the flames of discontent and gather forces with the strength to tear down the old.1996, Seymour R. Kesten, Utopian Episodes

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Questions about breaks with tradition

What is breaks with tradition the plural of?
Breaks with tradition is the plural of break with tradition.

Words near breaks with tradition in the dictionary

  1. breaks upon the wheel
  2. breaks water
  3. breaks wedlock
  4. breaks wind
  5. breaks with
  6. breaks with tradition
  7. breakstep
  8. breakstone
  9. breakstones
  10. breakthrough
  11. breakthrough bleeding

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