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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paradigm has 4 senses
- paradigm(n = noun.linkdef) Array - systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word; Array is a kind of inflection, inflexion
- paradigm(n = noun.cognition) epitome, image, prototype - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" is a kind of example, model
- paradigm(n = noun.communication) substitution class - 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); Array is a kind of category, class, family
- paradigm(n = noun.cognition) Array - the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm" is a kind of perspective, position, view
Derived form adjective paradigmatic1
has particulars: concentrate, imago
Derived form adjective paradigmatic2
Derived form adjective paradigmatic3
CIDE DICTIONARY
paradigm, n. [F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr. , fr. to show by the side of, to set up as an example; para` beside + to show. See Para-, and Diction.].
- An example; a model; a pattern. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection. [1913 Webster]
- An illustration, as by a parable or fable. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paradigm, n. an example or pattern, esp. a representative set of the inflections of a noun, verb, etc.
Derivative
paradigmatic adj. paradigmatically adv.
Etymology
LL paradigma f. Gk paradeigma f. paradeiknumi show side by side (as PARA-(1), deiknumi show)
THESAURUS
paradigm
IC analysis, accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, antetype, antitype, archetype, beau ideal, biotype, bound morpheme, classic example, conjugation, criterion, cutting, declension, derivation, difference of form, enclitic, epitome, example, exemplar, formative, free form, fugleman, fugler, genotype, ideal, imitatee, immediate constituent analysis, infix, infixation, inflection, lead, mirror, model, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, original, pattern, precedent, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, prototype, radical, representative, root, rule, standard, stem, suffix, suffixation, theme, type, type species, type specimen, urtext, word-formationROGET THESAURUS
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Prototype
N prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type, archetype, antitype, protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm, lay-figure, text, copy, design, fugleman, keynote, die, mold, matrix, last, plasm, proplasm, protoplasm, mint, seal, punch, intaglio, negative, stamp, a precedent embalms a principle, exempla sunt odiosa.
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