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predanje

English translation: tradition/transmission

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Serbian term or phrase:predanje
English translation:tradition/transmission
Entered by: Nevena Milojevi

22:01 Nov 4, 2015
Serbian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / izraz
Serbian term or phrase: predanje
U drugom slučaju pak, čoveka ostvaruje svet koji sam izgradi između polova „moći” I „želeti”. Ovo više nije predanje roda, već izazov pojedinca da prevaziđe I time unapredi rod.

Da li ovde predanje ima značenje predavanja?
Nevena Milojevi
Serbia
Local time: 09:27
tradition/transmission
Explanation:
tradition - the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice:
a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.
2.
something that is handed down:
the traditions of the Eskimos.
3.
a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting:
The rebellious students wanted to break with tradition.
4.
a continuing pattern of culture beliefs or practices.
5.
a customary or characteristic method or manner:
The winner took a victory lap in the usual track tradition.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tradition
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Milena Taylor
Serbia
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tradition/transmission


Explanation:
tradition - the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice:
a story that has come down to us by popular tradition.
2.
something that is handed down:
the traditions of the Eskimos.
3.
a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting:
The rebellious students wanted to break with tradition.
4.
a continuing pattern of culture beliefs or practices.
5.
a customary or characteristic method or manner:
The winner took a victory lap in the usual track tradition.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tradition

Example sentence(s):
  • To investigate the intergenerational transmission of gender role attitudes we examine the link between a femaleís attitudes and those of her children

    Reference: http://ftp.iza.org/dp2802.pdf
    https://dornsife.usc.edu/assets/sites/545/docs/wood.eagly.two_traditions.pdf
Milena Taylor
Serbia
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 8
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agree  Dr Lofthouse: prefer 'handed down'
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