Meanings
nounrad trad (plural rad trads)
plural rad trads · alternative radtrad · alternative rad-trad
- colloquialCatholicismOne affiliated with traditionalist Roman Catholicism, especially taking positions considered not mainstream.
Like so many millennial Catholics, I’m living out traditional values in a radical new way. Does that make me a rad-trad?
2019, Masha Goepel, “Life on the Fringe as a Traditional, Radical Catholic”, in Catholic StandSynonyms: tradcath
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne affiliated with traditionalist Roman Catholicism, especially taking positions considered not mainstream.
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Abbreviation of radical traditionalist.
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rad trad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rad%20trad
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“rad trad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rad%20trad. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rad trad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rad%20trad.
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