Orientation of a person's behaviour and standards by the influence of social conventions; social reliance on tradition; opposed to inner-direction, other-direction.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in David Riesman (b. 1909).
Definition of tradition-direction in US English:
tradition-direction
noun
Sociology
Orientation of a person's behaviour and standards by the influence of social conventions; social reliance on tradition; opposed to inner-direction, other-direction.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in David Riesman (b. 1909).