(Of a person or his or her behaviour) governed or guided by social conventions; socially reliant on tradition; opposed to inner-directed, other-directed.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in David Riesman (b. 1909).
Definition of tradition-directed in US English:
tradition-directed
adjective
Sociology
(Of a person or his or her behaviour) governed or guided by social conventions; socially reliant on tradition; opposed to inner-directed, other-directed.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in David Riesman (b. 1909).