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pretraditional

pretraditional adjective: before the development of a tradition.

Adjective

pretraditional (not comparable)

  1. Before the development of a tradition.
    • Three periods of occupation were brought to light in the investigations; a pretraditional epoch, marked by corrugated pottery; a traditional epoch, and a documentary epoch.1881, The American Naturalist, volume 15, page 825

Origin of pretraditional

From pre- + traditional.

Questions about pretraditional

What does pretraditional mean?
Pretraditional means before the development of a tradition.
What part of speech is pretraditional?
Pretraditional is an adjective.

Words near pretraditional in the dictionary

  1. pretours
  2. pretracheal
  3. pretracheophyte
  4. pretracheophytes
  5. pretrade
  6. pretraditional
  7. pretrain
  8. pretrained
  9. pretraining
  10. pretrains
  11. pretransaction

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