noun
plural -tions
a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group, family, society, etc., for a long time [count]
[noncount] :the stories, beliefs, etc., that have been part of the culture of a group of people for a long time
[singular] - used to say that someone has qualities which are like the qualities of another well-known person or group of people from the past