paradigm
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- paradigma (archaic)
Etymology
[edit]Established 1475-85 from Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma, “pattern”), from παραδείκνυμι (paradeíknumi, “I show [beside] or compare”) + -μα (-ma, suffix forming nouns concerning the results of actions).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/
- (US) enPR: ˈpärədīm, IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.daɪm/, /ˈpeɪ.ɹə.daɪm/
Audio (California, Mary–marry–merry merger): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.dɑɪm/
Audio (Queensland): (file)
Noun
[edit]paradigm (plural paradigms or paradigmata)
- A pattern, a way of doing something, especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
- An example serving as the model for such a pattern.
- 2000, Estate of William F. Jenkins v. Paramount Pictures Corp.:
- According to the Fourth Circuit, “Coca-Cola” is “the paradigm of a descriptive mark that has acquired secondary meaning”.
- 2003, Nicholas Asher, Alex Lascarides, Logics of Conversation, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46:
- DRT is a paradigm example of a dynamic semantic theory, […]
- (linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
Synonyms
[edit]- (exemplar): Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]way of viewing reality
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example serving as a model or pattern
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linguistics: all forms which contain a common element
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References
[edit]- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Paradigm”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449, column 1.
- “paradigm”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “paradigm”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "paradigm" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deyḱ-
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
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