antitraditional

adjective

Definition of antitraditionalnext
as in anticonventional

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antitraditional
  1. nontraditional
  2. revolutionary
  3. nonconventional
  4. antiestablishment
  5. nonconservative
  6. radical
Adjective
  • To avoid that common pitfall, Heller’s nontraditional audition process for the film’s son involved a lot of just hanging out in the park and playing with kids.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • However, millennials and Gen Z investors are increasingly turning to fintech to guide their rising interest in cryptocurrency and other nontraditional investments.
    Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of nontraditional
Adjective
  • Reade, who is mostly sympathetic to Satan, casts the rebel angels as revolutionary subjects.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • This revolutionary feature soon to be available, will allow users to stream audio directly from public systems — like gym TVs, airport announcements, or museum exhibits—to their hearing aids or earbuds.
    Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of revolutionary
Adjective
  • After building two lucrative businesses, the serial entrepreneur and attorney set her sights on ensuring her family was also a success in a nonconventional way.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 6 Oct. 2024
  • China’s use of nonconventional weaponry may be a strategic move to avoid sparking escalation and to stave off international attention, particularly from the United States.
    Anika Arora Seth, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
Definition of nonconventional
Adjective
  • They have been weakened by rising antiestablishment beliefs on the left and the right, notably among younger voters, and by the sentiment that parties are not as essential to ideas or governing anymore.
    Adam Nagourney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2020
  • That evolved into a mini-conference series featuring antiestablishment scientists that support Glassman’s views on health care.
    Tessa Love, Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2020
Definition of antiestablishment
Adjective
  • McDaniel and her advisers have pushed for some nonconservative outlets to host the party’s debates, arguing that many independent and Republican voters can be reached through these channels and that Republicans should not limit themselves to right-leaning outlets.
    Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • In the weeks leading up to the election, polls showed that millions of Iranians planned to boycott the vote after the country’s election supervisory body disqualified nearly all nonconservative candidates.
    WSJ, WSJ, 18 June 2021
Definition of nonconservative
Adjective
  • Everything that was radical and interesting was going on, except inside the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, which was very old-fashioned, quite stale in its approach to things.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Kedar said that despite their radical roots, the opening indications were positive.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of radical
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