All 8 Uses of
tradition
in
Atlas Shrugged
- They talked about tradition, the president had always been the eldest son of the Taggart family; they elected James Taggart in the same manner as they refused to walk under a ladder, to propitiate the same kind of fear.†
Chpt 1.3
- It was a tradition of the family that the man to disgrace them would be the heir who died, leaving the d'Anconia fortune no greater than he had received it.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- It was a tradition of your family that a d'Anconia always left a fortune greater than the one he received.†
Chpt 1.5
- Wesley Mouch came from a family that had known neither poverty nor wealth nor distinction for many generations; it had clung, however, to a tradition of its own: that of being college-bred and, therefore, of despising men who were in business.†
Chpt 2.6
- He remained standing behind his desk, in a manner suggesting the civilized tradition of a business office.†
Chpt 2.8
- For a man who has more centuries of tradition behind him than I have, it's odd that Francisco should be the first to break our own tradition.†
Chpt 3.2
- For a man who has more centuries of tradition behind him than I have, it's odd that Francisco should be the first to break our own tradition.†
Chpt 3.2
- A stage set of pasteboard walls had been erected in a corner of the vast, dim space, representing a stiffly traditional suggestion of a cross between a stately drawing room and a modest study.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(tradition) a long-established or previously long-established practice or belief
and/or:
one or more practices, beliefs, or stories passed down through generations within a specific culture or group