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Tradition

A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers' wigs or military officers'…

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Definition

Invention of tradition

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In political and religious discourse

In artistic discourse

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Preservation

Traditional cultural expressions

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Tradition

Nodes164
Edges163
Triples206
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012195
Components1

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related to Works cited · 32
Tradition → Anthony, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Pressv, Chicago Press, Dorothy Munkenbeck, Edward, Elke, Eric, Fragaszy, Giddens, Hobsbawm, Introduction, Inventing Traditions, ISBN, Kurz-Milcke, Laura, Living, Maritgnon, Model-based, Modeling Practices
related to In political and religious discourse · 20
Tradition → Ahl, Al-Jamā, Arabic, Archbishop Lefebvre, Catholic, Church, Here, In, Likewise, More, Muhammad, Second Vatican Council, Similarly, State, Sunnah, Sunni Muslims, The, This, Traditionalists, United States
related to Further reading · 18
Tradition → Conn, Dealing, Decisions Basic Books, Elsevier, English, Ernest, ISBN, Jaroslav, Klein, Knowledge, New Haven, Oxford, Personal Knowledge, Post-Critical Philosophy ISBN, Sowell, The Vindication, Towards, Yale University Press
related to Invention of tradition · 18
Tradition → Africa, An, British Parliament, For, Gotha, Gothic, Hobsbawm, Often, Other, Palace, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Requiring, Saxe-Coburg, Similarly, The, United Kingdom, Westminster
related to Philosophy · 18
Tradition → Alasdair MacIntyre, Anglophone, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, Europe, German, Hans-Georg Gadamer, However, In, Increasingly, MacIntyre, Martin Heidegger, Plato, Romance, Scandinavian, The, This, Twentieth
related to Preservation · 17
Tradition → Blue Shield International, Brazil, Cornish, Customary, Europe's, European Charter, In, Likewise, Minority Languages, Regional, Similarly, So, Specifically, The, The Charter, UNESCO, United Nations
related to In scholarly discourse · 12
Tradition → Edward Shils, For Popper, For Thomas Kuhn, In, It, Karl Popper, Popper, Since, Social, Socrates, Traditions, Unlike
related to Definition · 9
Tradition → According, Anthony Giddens, As, Enlightenment, French, Latin, Roman, The, The English
related to Relationship to other concepts · 9
Tradition → Another, Anthony Giddens, For, Gusfield, In, Over, This, Tradition-oriented, Whereas
related to Sociology · 7
Tradition → Early, In, Max Weber's, One, The, This, Traditional

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traditions traditional also cultural one social many used example history political concept may customs time philosophy concepts isbn often groups

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Traditionis asystem of beliefs or behaviors0.90text
Traditionis arebuilding of the Palace of Westminster0.90text
Traditionis aset of cultures or industries which appear to develop on from one another over a period of time0.90text
Traditionis aone that relates to rationality0.90text
Traditionis ameans of othering and keeping groups distinct from one another0.90text
greetingsinstance ofbut the idea has also been applied to social norms and behaviors0.80text
traditional languagesinstance offocusing on aspects0.80text
rhymeinstance ofTools to aid this process include poetic devices0.80text
epic storiesinstance ofTools to aid this process include poetic devices0.80text
alliterationinstance ofTools to aid this process include poetic devices0.80text
sayinginstance ofwith phrases and gestures0.80text
traditional musicinstance ofin contexts0.80text

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