paradigm shift

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Coined by Thomas Kuhn in 1962.

[edit] Noun

paradigm shift

  1. A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm.
  2. (US, English buzzwords): A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new belief.

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