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pretraditional en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + traditional.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Before the development of a tradition.
    • Three periods of occupation were brought to light in the investigations; a pretraditional epoch, marked by corrugated pottery; a traditional epoch, and a documentary epoch. 1881, The American Naturalist, volume 15, page 825: