paradigm

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I must add that the book title seems forced -- partly because paradigm is often properly pronounced with a short i-- and is not original.

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  1. noun One that serves as a pattern or model.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun 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.
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  • I must add that the book title seems forced -- partly because paradigm is often properly pronounced with a short i-- and is not original. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 4
  • Normal science under a paradigm is the normal state of a science and of the community of researchers who constitute it. —  Scientific Revolutions
  • The new modal paradigm which is more or less consciously applied in these discussions of God's will, power and knowledge could be characterized as the model of simultaneous alternatives. —  Medieval Theories of Future Contingents
  • Given that the paradigm is the source of ideas, it is not surprising that challenges to the paradigm - the framework that allowed mainstream scientists to contribute to the development of science - are seldom greeted with open arms. —  Signs of the Times
  • "The North Pole!" she exclaimed, surprised. —  Phaze Doubt
 

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  1. Middle English, example, from Late Latin paradīgma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknunai, to compare : para-, alongside; see para-1 + deiknunai, to show; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French paradigme = Spanish Portuguese paradigma, from Late Latin paradigma, from Greek παράδειγμα, a pattern, example, paradigm, from παραδεικνύναι, exhibit beside, from παρά, beside, + δεικνύναι, show.
 

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