Traditional vs Foreign - What's the difference?
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Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
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Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
Alien; strange.
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(label) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
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From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
(informal) foreigner
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As adjectives the difference between traditional and foreign
is that traditional is of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the scriptures while foreign is located outside a country or place, especially one's own.As a noun foreign is
(informal) foreigner.traditional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I think her traditional values are antiquated .
Antonyms
* nontraditional, non-traditional * untraditionalDerived terms
* traditionallyforeign
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- foreign''' markets''; '''''foreign soil
- foreign''' car''; '''''foreign''' word''; '''''foreign''' citizen''; '''''foreign trade
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- foreign''' policy''; '''''foreign navies
- foreign''' body''; '''''foreign''' substance''; '''''foreign''' gene''; '''''foreign species
- It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
- This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts.
- Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.
Synonyms
* (from a different country) overseas, international * (strange) alien, fremd * (in a place where it does not belong) extraneousAntonyms
* (from a different country) domestic * (not characteristic) native * (native to an area) indigenousDerived terms
{{der3, foreign body , foreign correspondent , foreign country , , foreign debt , foreign exchange , foreignize , foreignization , foreign key , foreignness , foreigner , foreign tongue , foreign policy , Foreign Office}}Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns . }}