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Paradigm

noun

Systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word.

A standard or typical example. Synonyms: epitome, image, prototype. "He provided America with an image of the good father"

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). Synonym: substitution class.

The generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time.

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"Paradigm" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mystery! Just such a pretty babble I find in the Spanish Chapel, which to take in any other spirit would work a madness in the brain. You remember the North wall, apotheosis of Saint Thomas and what-not, for all the world like a paradigm of the irregular verb "Aquinizo." What are we to suppose Lippo Memmi (or whoever else it was) to have been about when he hung in mid-air on his swinging bridge and stained the wet square red and green? To ...

— Earthwork Out Of Tuscany • Maurice Hewlett

Words linked to "Paradigm" : paradigmatic, category, perspective, position, class, example, inflexion, imago, model, family, view, inflection, concentrate, substitution class, prototype