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non-traditional

non-traditional is the alternative form of nontraditional.

Meaning of nontraditional

Adjective

nontraditional (not comparable)

  1. Not traditional; not related to tradition, untraditional.
    • After fourteen years of marriage, my wife and I agreed that in spite of our love for each other, her desire for a traditional marriage and my desire for non-traditional relationships meant that our differences were irreconcilable and divorce inevitable.1986, A. Billy S. Jones, “A Father's Need; A Parent's Desire”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 145
  2. Innovative; new; daring.

Origin of non-traditional

From non- + traditional.

Phrases with non-traditional

Questions about non-traditional

What is non-traditional the alternative form of?
Non-traditional is the alternative form of nontraditional.

Words near non-traditional in the dictionary

  1. non-tippers
  2. non-tonal
  3. non-toxic
  4. non-traction
  5. non-trad
  6. non-traditional
  7. non-traditional student
  8. non-traditional students
  9. non-trads
  10. non-traffic
  11. non-transferability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non-traditional (page history and authors); nontraditional (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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