PARADIGM SHIFT


Meaning of PARADIGM SHIFT in English

noun

a great and important change in the way sth is done or thought about

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WORD ORIGIN

1970s: term used in the writings of Thomas S. Kuhn (1922–96), philosopher of science.

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