Paradigm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that serves as a pattern or model.
  • n. A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories: the paradigm of an irregular verb.
  • n. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An example serving as a model or pattern; a template.
  • n. A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
  • n. A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
  • n. A conceptual framework—an established thought process.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A philosophy consisting of ‘top-bottom’ ideas (namely biases which could possibly make the practitioner susceptible to the ‘confirmation bias’).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An example; a model; a pattern.
  • n. An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.
  • n. An illustration, as by a parable or fable.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An example; a model.
  • n. In grammar, an example of a word, as a noun, adjective, or verb, in its various inflections.
  • n. In rhetoric, an example or illustration, of which parable and fable are species: a general term, used by Greek writers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
  • n. 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)
  • n. systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
  • n. a standard or typical example
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    position    perspective    view    category    family   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    example    model    pattern    exemplar    world view   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    viewpoint    methodology    perspective    framework    underpinnings   
     
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