Paradigm - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpærədaɪm|
Brit.
|ˈpærədæɪm|
noun
- systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
- a standard or typical example (syn: epitome, image, prototype)
- the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
- the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
- a standard or typical example (syn: epitome, image, prototype)
- the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
- the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm
Extra examples
Her recent book provides us with a new paradigm for modern biography.
By the time the war was over he had become the paradigm of the successful man.
Pius XII remained the paradigm of what a pope should be.
And the paradigm of a thing to be philosophical about is death.
Word forms
noun
singular: paradigm
plural: paradigms
singular: paradigm
plural: paradigms
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