pseudotraditionalism

Noun

pseudotraditionalism (uncountable)

1. Something which appears to be traditionalism (adherence to traditional views or practices), but is not.
   • More important, as even a brief overview of his impressive oeuvre would immediately reveal, he promoted an extraordinary variety of architecture and a versatility in modes of design that encompass high modernism with direct functionalism, art nouveau and art deco, Nordic romanticism, neo-brutalism...1996, Botond Bognar, Togo Murano: Master Architect of Japan, New York, N.Y.: Rizzoli International Publications, →ISBN, page 26
   • Every few decades, it seems, America is fated to endure a new spasm of pseudotraditionalism, with women encouraged to seek shelter from a brutal world in homemaking.2025 August 12, Michelle Goldberg, “A Right-Wing Influencer Tried to Be a Tradwife. It Almost Broke Her.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...