paradigm

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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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  • But it's a very small step from the sort of standard that Liz is obliquely pushing to a genuine "world policeman" paradigm, which is just practically untenable. —  The Crossed Pond
  • "(My experience) has convinced me: Every element of that paradigm is wrong -- dead wrong -- and the survival of our species depends on finding another paradigm, and quickly."
  • But whether Facebook or another, newer network for the children of the current FB generation, I do believe the social-media, peer-reviewed shopping paradigm is here to stay. —  Scobleizer
  • It's time for a new paradigm -- one which will create revenue and cut costs in the criminal justice system. —  Firedoglake
  • Then there are the merger and acquisition implications within this new carbon trading paradigm, as PwC's report —  HEADLINES
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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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/ˈpærədɪm/
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