PARADIGM


Meaning of PARADIGM in English

[ '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'.

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