[ 'parədʌɪm ]
■ noun
1》 a typical example, pattern, or model of something.
2》 a world view underlying the theories and methodology of a scientific subject.
3》 Linguistics a set of items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles. Often contrasted with syntagm .
4》 Grammar a table of all the inflected forms of a word.
Derivatives
~atic parədɪg'matɪk adjective
~atically adverb
Origin
C15: via late L. from Gk paradeigma , from paradeiknunai 'show side by side'.