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The Tradition axis is likely the most controversial in definition because it is the only one which implies a temporal nature to the model. This is not intended to be identified with status quo conservatives<ref name=3types>{{cite journal |first=Karen |last=Stenner |title=Three kinds of "conservatism" |journal=Psychological Inquiry (2-3), 142-159 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=142–159 |date=25 August 2009|doi=10.1080/10478400903028615 |s2cid=143878133 }}</ref>

. It is intended to be aligned with the values of structure, order and stability. It is a desire to have traditions. While the desire to have traditions often implies the preservation of existing traditions it should be realized that people of this temperament are often easy to convince that a different tradition is better than an existing one as long as it leads to more structure, order and stability and will not cause turmoil in the transition. Many scholars would label the group who hold this telos as Hierarchists to prevent confusion with the multiple ideologies labelled as [[W:Conservatism | Conservatism]] which have significant overlap with Liberalism.

. It is intended to be aligned with the values of structure, order and stability. It is a desire to have traditions. While the desire to have traditions often implies the preservation of existing traditions it should be realized that people of this temperament are often easy to convince that a different tradition is better than an existing one as long as it leads to more structure, order and stability and will not cause turmoil in the transition. Many scholars would label the group who hold this telos as Hierarchists<ref>Cultural Theory. By Michael Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky. Boulder: Westview, 1990.</ref> to prevent confusion with the multiple ideologies labelled as [[W:Conservatism | Conservatism]] which have significant overlap with Liberalism.

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