rad trad en · NOUN
Etymology
Abbreviation of radical traditionalist.
Meanings
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(colloquial) One affiliated with traditionalist Roman Catholicism, especially taking positions considered not mainstream.
Like so many millennial Catholics, I’m living out traditional values in a radical new way. Does that make me a rad-trad?
2019, Masha Goepel, “Life on the Fringe as a Traditional, Radical Catholic”, in Catholic Stand:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| rad trads | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| rad-trad | alternative | lexicographic | |
| radtrad | alternative | lexicographic |