Paradigm Definition
părə-dīm, -dĭm
paradigms
noun
paradigms
A pattern, example, or model.
Webster's New World
An example of a declension or conjugation, giving all the inflectional forms of a word.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
A conceptual framework"”an established thought process.
Wiktionary
A way of thinking which can occasionally lead to misleading predispositions; a prejudice. A route of mental efficiency which has presumably been verified by affirmative results/predictions.
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paradigmsOrigin of Paradigm
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Middle English example from Late Latin paradīgma from Greek paradeigma from paradeiknunai to compare para- alongside para–1 deiknunai to show deik- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Established 1475-85 from Late Latin paradÄ«gma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (paradeigma, “pattern").
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