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English

Etymology

Established 1475-85 from paradigma|paradīgma, from παράδειγμα (parádeigma, pattern). See .

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpær.ə.daɪm/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-paradigm.ogg

Noun

An example serving as a model or pattern.
* 2000, s:Estate of William F. Jenkins v. Paramount Pictures Corp.|Estate of William F. Jenkins v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
*: According to the Fourth Circuit, "Coca-Cola" is "the paradigm of a descriptive mark that has acquired secondary meaning."
In the Context of A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or one of its grammatical category.
* boy, boy’s, boys, boys’ is the paradigm of boy.
A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan: {{t-|ca|paradigma|m}}
Dutch: {{t+|nl|paradigma|n}}
Finnish: , ajatusmalli
French: {{t+|fr|paradigme|m}}
German: {{t+|de|Paradigma|n}}

Hebrew: פאראדיגמה (paradigma)
Icelandic: fyrirmynd , viðmið
Polish: {{t+|pl|paradygmat|m}}
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|paradigma|m}}

Catalan: {{t-|ca|paradigma|m}}
Czech: {{t-|cs|vzor|m}}
Dutch: {{t+|nl|paradigma|n}}
Finnish: , muotosarja
French: {{t+|fr|paradigme|m}}

German: {{t+|de|Paradigma|n}}
Icelandic: beygingardæmi
Polish: paradygmat
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|paradigma|m}}
Slovak: {{t-|sk|vzor|m}}

Catalan: {{t-|ca|paradigma|m}}
Czech: {{t+|cs|paradigma|f}}
Dutch: {{t+|nl|paradigma|n}}, denkkader
Finnish: ,
French: {{t+|fr|paradigme|m}}

Icelandic: hugarfar
Polish: paradygmat
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|paradigma|m}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|парадигма|f|tr=paradígma|sc=Cyrl}}

: {{t-|sk|paradigma|f}} (ideology)

: {{t-|es|paradigma|m}}

References

Category:English buzzwords

ar:paradigm de:paradigm fr:paradigm io:paradigm hu:paradigm pl:paradigm pt:paradigm ru:paradigm simple:paradigm fi:paradigm sv:paradigm ta:paradigm te:paradigm vi:paradigm tr:paradigm zh:paradigm

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Paradigm \Par"a*digm\, n. [F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr.
?, fr. ? to show by the side of, to set up as an example;
para` beside + ? to show. See Para-, and Diction.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] "The paradigms and
patterns of all things." --Cudworth.
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2. (Gram.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing
a word in all its different forms of inflection.
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3. (Rhet.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable.
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4. (Science) A theory providing a unifying explanation for a
set of phenomena in some field, which serves to suggest
methods to test the theory and develop a fuller
understanding of the topic, and which is considered useful
until it is be replaced by a newer theory providing more
accurate explanations or explanations for a wider range of
phenomena.
[PJC] Paradigmatic

WordNet paradigm
n 1: systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
2: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good
breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good
father" [syn: prototype, epitome, image]
3: 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) [syn: {substitution
class}]
4: the generally accepted perspective of a particular
discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within
the psychoanalytic paradigm"

Moby Dictionary
IC analysis , accidence , affix , affixation , allomorph , antetype ,
antitype , archetype , beau ideal , biotype , bound morpheme ,
classic example , conjugation , criterion , cutting , declension ,
derivation , difference of form , enclitic , epitome , example ,
exemplar , formative , free form , fugleman , fugler , genotype , ideal ,
imitatee , immediate constituent analysis , infix , infixation ,
inflection , lead , mirror , model , morph , morpheme ,
morphemic analysis , morphemics , morphology , morphophonemics ,
original , pattern , precedent , prefix , prefixation , proclitic ,
prototype , radical , representative , root , rule , standard , stem ,
suffix , suffixation , theme , type , type species , type specimen ,
urtext , word-formation