Paradigm

Noun

 * 1) An example serving as a model or pattern; a template.
 * 2) A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
 * 3) A conceptual framework—an established thought process.
 * 4) 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.
 * 5) A philosophy consisting of ‘top-bottom’ ideas (namely biases which could possibly make the practitioner susceptible to the ‘confirmation bias’).

Synonyms

 * exemplar
 * model, world view

Derived terms

 * paradigmatic
 * paradigm shift
 * paradigmaticism

Thesaurus
accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, antetype, antitype, archetype, beau ideal, biotype, bound morpheme, classic example, conjugation, criterion, cutting, declension, derivation, difference of form, enclitic, epitome, example, exemplar, formative, free form, fugleman, fugler, genotype, ideal, imitatee, immediate constituent analysis, infix, infixation, inflection, lead, mirror, model, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, original, pattern, precedent, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, prototype, radical, representative, root, rule, standard, stem, suffix, suffixation, theme, type, type species, type specimen, urtext, word-formation

Alternative forms

 * paradigma

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"p{r.@.daIm/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/"pEr.@.daIm/|/"p{r.@.daIm/}}