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Is there a word for this: when the tradition is maintained in form but not in function?
by syphilis2 8y ago
Is there a word for this: when the tradition is maintained in form but not in function?
- yahnusername 8y agoHah I wonder how much of this we do presently without realizing. Shaking hands maybe
- lolc 8y agoWhat do you think the original function of shaking hands was as compared to what it is today? There was this funny study that found that people were more likely to hold their hand next to their nose right after shaking hands. From this they concluded that hand-shaking is a non-intrusive way of smelling a person you just met.
- taeric 8y agoIs it any more fake than the tradition?
- foobar1962 8y agoRitual.
- int_19h 8y agoSymbolic?
- Yen 8y agoThe word I think of is "skeumorphic", though that's not 100% the same thing here.
- syphilis2 8y agoI believe this is the word that best fits. skeuomorphic - Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.
- madman_bob 8y agoNot sure if it's the same thing, but it shares elements with cargo-culting
- qubex 8y agoVestigial?
- twic 8y agoCargo cult!