paradigm

Alternative formsEdit

• paradigma (chiefly archaic)

EtymologyEdit

Established 1475-85 from Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παρ?δειγμα (parádeigma, “pattern”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??.?.da?m/
• (US) enPR: ?p?r.?.dīm, IPA^(key): /?p??.?.da?m/, /?p??.?.da?m/

• Audio (US)

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  (in accents with the "Mary, marry, merry" merger)

NounEdit

paradigm (plural paradigms)

1. An example serving as a model or pattern; a template.
   • 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 and Alex Lascarides, Logics of Conversation, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 65058 5, page 46:

     DRT is a paradigm example of a dynamic semantic theory, […]

2. (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.

   The paradigm of "go" is "go, went, gone."

3. A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
4. A conceptual framework—an established thought process.
5. A way of thinking which can occasionally lead to misleading predispositions; a prejudice. A route of mental efficiency which has presumably been verified by affirmative results/predictions.
6. A philosophy consisting of ‘top-bottom’ ideas (namely biases which could possibly make the practitioner susceptible to the ‘confirmation bias’).

SynonymsEdit

• (example): exemplar
• (way of viewing reality): model, worldview
• See also Wikisaurus:model

Derived termsEdit

• paradigmatic
• paradigm shift
• paradigmaticism

TranslationsEdit

example serving as a model or pattern

Armenian: ????????? (harac?uyc?) Catalan: paradigma m Chinese: Mandarin: 範例 (zh), 范例 (zh) (fànlì), 模範 (zh), 模范 (zh) (mófàn) Czech: paradigma (cs) n Dutch: paradigma (nl) n Finnish: paradigma (fi), ajatusmalli French: paradigme (fr) m German: Beispiel (de) n, Musterbeispiel (de) n Hebrew: ????????? f (paradigma)

Icelandic: fyrirmynd (is) f, viemie n Italian: paradigma (it) m Japanese: 模範 (ja) (もはん, mohan) Macedonian: парадигма f (paradígma) Polish: paradygmat (pl) m Portuguese: paradigma (pt) m Russian: парадигма (ru) f (paradígma), образец (ru) m (obrazéc), пример (ru) m (primér) Spanish: paradigma (es) Turkish: paradigma (tr)

linguistics: all forms which contain a common element

Armenian: ????????? (harac?uyc?) Catalan: paradigma m Chinese: Mandarin: 词形变化表 Czech: vzor m Dutch: paradigma (nl) n Finnish: paradigma (fi), muotosarja French: paradigme (fr) m German: Paradigma (de) n Greek: παρ?δειγμα (el) n (parádeigma)

Icelandic: beygingard?mi (is) n Italian: paradigma (it) Japanese: 変化表 (へんかひょう, henkahyō) Norwegian: paradigme (no) n Polish: paradygmat (pl) m Portuguese: paradigma (pt) m Russian: парадигма (ru) f (paradígma) Slovak: vzor m Spanish: paradigma (es) Turkish: paradigma (tr)

way of viewing reality

Catalan: paradigma m Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: paradigma (cs) n, pojetí n Dutch: paradigma (nl) n, denkkader n Finnish: paradigma (fi), maailmankatsomus French: paradigme (fr) m German: Paradigma (de) n Icelandic: hugarfar (is) n

Italian: paradigma (it) m Macedonian: парадигма f (paradígma) Norwegian: paradigme (no) n Polish: paradygmat (pl) m Portuguese: paradigma (pt) m Russian: парадигма (ru) f (paradígma) Slovak: paradigma (sk) f Spanish: paradigma (es) Turkish: paradigma (tr)

conceptual framework

Chinese: 模式 (zh) (móshì) Dutch: paradigma (nl) n, denkkader n Italian: paradigma (it) m

Norwegian: paradigme (no) n

prejudice

Czech: p?edsudek (cs) m Dutch: vooroordeel (nl) n French: préjudice (fr)

Spanish: prejuicio (es) m

philosophy consisting of ‘top-bottom’ ideas

German: Paradigma (de) n Italian: paradigma (it) m

Turkish: paradigma (tr)

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Translations to be checked

Spanish: ^(please verify) paradigma (es) m

ReferencesEdit

• “paradigm” in The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “paradigm” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "paradigm" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.