tradcath
UK/ˈtrædˌkæθ/US/ˈtrædˌkæθ/
tradcath noun: a Catholic who seeks to change the practices of Catholicism back to the norms of before the Second Vatican Council.
Noun
tradcath (plural tradcaths)
- A Catholic who seeks to change the practices of Catholicism back to the norms of before the Second Vatican Council.
- Chesterton was Edwardian England's most eloquent advocate for distributism, a Catholic social and economic system that contemporary TradCaths embrace, more (skepticism of big-government socialism) or less (actually distributing anything to anyone).2019, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason, page 115
- Overlapping with groups within the ‘Manosphere’, tradcaths use fundamentalist Christianity as a vehicle to spread and legitimize their gospel of traditional family values […]2020 December, Mariel Hope Cooksey, The Alt-Right and Christianity, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2021, page 32
- Synonyms:
- rad trad
Adjective
tradcath (comparative more tradcath, superlative most tradcath)
- Espousing, characteristic of, or relating to traditionalist, conservative Catholicism.
- But there are not enough ‘TradCath’ priests to serve all the parishes who want us, leaving churches and people vulnerable to takeover by ‘Affirming’ clergy or pastoral reorganisation into liberal teams.2014 June, Fr. Martyn Neale, “Looking to the Future”, in Forward in Faith Guildford
- In fact, the TradCath Weirdo is so obsessed with fecundity and nonprocreating marriages that he represents the only type of contemporary white person that actively hates dogs.2019, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason, page 154
Synonyms of tradcath
Forms of tradcath
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tradcaths |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more tradcath |
| superlative | most tradcath |
Origin of tradcath
From trad (“traditional”) + Cath(olic).
Words that rhyme with tradcath
Questions about tradcath
- What does tradcath mean?
- Tradcath means a Catholic who seeks to change the practices of Catholicism back to the norms of before the Second Vatican Council.
- What part of speech is tradcath?
- Tradcath can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tradcath?
- Tradcath is pronounced /ˈtrædˌkæθ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tradcath?
- The plural of tradcath is tradcaths.
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