Background
Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
Tradition and background are semantically related. in environment topic. In some cases you can use "Tradition" instead a noun "Background", when it comes to topics like upbringing, experience or circumstances.
Tradition
Tradition noun - An inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing.
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Synonyms for Tradition
Background and tradition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Tradition".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| rich | rich background | rich tradition |
| musical | musical background | musical tradition |
| similar | similar background | similar tradition |
| common | common background | common tradition |
| Other adjectives: original, true, single, strong, actual, new, religious, military, different, catholic, Christian, mythological, cultural. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Star Fox 64 continues the tradition with a similar eery background, which actually gets weirder when it becomes less trippy as Andross shows his true form.
Source: Amazing Technicolor Battlefield -
However, turning around and looking cool as the Monster of the Week goes boom in the background is a time-honored tradition.
Source: Victory Pose -
The film focuses on the various presidential portraits in the background of the White House, with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, obviously the tradition that Nixon aspires to.
Source: Film / Nixon
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