Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

break with tradition

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: break with- -tra-di-tion
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deviation from established practices or traditions.

verb

To deviate from established practices or traditions.

Example Sentences

"The first [phase] calls for leaders impatient with the past, and temperamentally disposed to an irreverent break with tradition. They must be agitators who can fan the flames of discontent and gather forces with the strength to tear down the old."
"The break with tradition that Francis, who has died aged 88 after suffering from double pneumonia, represented even managed to trump the shock value of the resignation of Benedict, who was the first pope for 600 years to take that option rather than die in office. Immediately, Bergoglio signalled unambiguously that he intended to be a different kind of pope, one for the 21st century."

Inflected Forms

breaks with tradition (plural) breaks with tradition (present, singular) breaking with tradition (participle, present) broke with tradition (past) broken with tradition (participle, past)

Questions

What does break with tradition mean?: A deviation from established practices or traditions.

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