nontraditional

See also: non-traditional

English

Alternative forms

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.[1]

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References

  1. ^ nontraditional, non-traditional, untraditional at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
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