nontraditional

See also: non-traditional

English

Alternative forms

• non-traditional

Etymology

From non- +‎ traditional.

Adjective

nontraditional (not comparable)

1. Not traditional; not related to tradition, untraditional
2. Innovative; new; daring

Usage notes

• untraditional is much rarer than nontraditional. Of the two non- forms, the solid one leads the American corpus while the hyphenated one leads the British corpus.

Derived terms

• nontraditional student
• nontraditionally

Related terms

• non-traditional
• nontraditionalist
• nontraditionalistic
• nontraditionally
• tradition
• traditional
• traditionalism
• traditionalist
• traditionalistic
• traditionally
• traditionarily
• traditionary
• traditionist
• traditionless
• untraditional
• untraditionality
• untraditionally

Translations

not traditional

• Finnish: epäperinteinen
• Galician: non tradicional
• Georgian: არატრადიციული (araṭradiciuli)
• Greek: αντιπαραδοσιακός (el) (antiparadosiakós)
• Polish: nietradycyjny
• Russian: нетрадицио́нный (ru) (netradiciónnyj)
• Ukrainian: нетрадиці́йний (netradycíjnyj)

innovative, new, daring

• Finnish: uudenlainen, epäperinteinen
• Galician: non tradicional
• Polish: nietradycyjny
• Russian: инновацио́нный (ru) (innovaciónnyj), нетрадицио́нный (ru) (netradiciónnyj)