classical tradition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofclassicalandtradition
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classical
adjective
uk/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/
traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time, and considered to be of ...
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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/us/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition ofclassicalandtraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Ought thisclassicaltraditionto be changed?
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Theclassicaltraditionaffirmed both transcendence and immanence.
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The short answer is that theclassicaltraditionis not monolithic : different philosophers give different answers.
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Section 4 shows how to do concurrent logic programming in theclassicaltradition.
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English verse period, when contact with and influence from theclassicaltraditionwas high.
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Should the blame for the collapse of support for the westernclassicaltraditionbe placed at our door?
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If the natural sciences today do not have aclassicaltradition, this does not imply that they never had one.
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Research on the singing voice has focused primarily on excellent voices in the western operaticclassicaltradition.
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It is the normalclassicaltraditionof financial hypocrisy.
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There has been a decline in theclassicaltradition.
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The zero plural avoids the problem of having two sibilants in quick succession at the end of the words, and coincidentally maintains theclassicaltradition.
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They were intent upon affirming the compatibility of music and poetry by joining them together as a way of linking their art withclassicaltradition.
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This prominent display of mechanical reproduction reinforced the architecture's emphasis on technological progress as consistent with, rather than divergent from, theclassicaltradition.
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The effort to define the possibilities of knowledge, given the ineradicability of standpoints, brought a few legatees of theclassicaltraditionto reconstruct objectivity without a metaphysical ground.
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This might have been the last straw for aclassicaltradition, whose social and intellectual capital and mass audience had by now long been lost to popular culture.
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These buildings maintained theclassicaltradition.
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Both houses are large brick buildings in theclassicaltradition.
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In theclassicaltraditionof the private enterprise system, anticipated shortages produced a sellers' market and prices soared.
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Secondary school music teachers are often music graduates trained within theclassicaltradition, who may consciously or unconsciously regard themselves primarily as composers or performers rather than as teachers.
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People brought up in theclassicaltraditionlooked at some of these philosophical questions far more deeply than many young people today.
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In 1995 a college prep high school program in theclassicaltraditionwas added.
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Written inclassicaltraditionas a dialogue between a master and an apprentice.
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He built organs in theclassicaltradition, and gained a high reputation.
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