paradigm
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para·digm (par′ə dīm′, -dim)
noun
- a pattern, example, or model
- an overall concept accepted by most people in an intellectual community, as those in one of the natural sciences, because of its effectiveness in explaining a complex process, idea, or set of data
- Gram. an example of a declension or conjugation, giving all the inflectional forms of a word
Etymology: Fr paradigme < LL paradigma < Gr paradeigma < para-, para- + deigma, example < deiknynai, to show: for IE base see diction
Related Forms:
- paradigmatic par′a·dig·mat′ic (-dig mat′ik) adjective
- paradigmatically par′a·dig·mat′i·cally adverb
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Preposition: of
- productivity: Gross International Happiness is a new concept in economic thinking aimed at replacing the western paradigm of economic productivity and well-being.
Converse of object
- authore: Thus the authoring paradigm has become declarative in nature, describing the data rather than the processes involved in document links.
Adjective modifier
- dominant: The views of the scholars at the Leipzig Conference simply do not conform to the dominant paradigm.
Modifies a noun
- shift: What the paradigm shift requires is a writing proper to making.
Noun used with modifier
- reductionist: The reductionist paradigm of regulation concentrates on the gene(s ) and gene product(s ) introduced into the GMO and on known toxins and allergens.
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