1. a person who believes in maintaining established customs, practices, or beliefs

1. favoring or supporting traditional methods, values, or beliefs

Examples

• The traditionalist opposed changes to the school's dress code.
• She took a traditionalist approach to teaching mathematics.
• Many traditionalists in the community resisted the new building design.
• His traditionalist views on marriage were well known.
• The traditionalist chef refused to use modern cooking techniques.
• As a traditionalist, she preferred handwritten letters to emails.
• The traditionalist faction within the party blocked the reform proposal.