A pattern, a way of doing something, especially (now often derogatory) a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework. / An example serving as the model for such a pattern.

Relating to a paradigm

plural of paradigm

(linguistics, linguistic morphology) Regularisation of a paradigm, alignment of irregular forms on regular forms; replacement of irregular forms by regular forms in an inflection.

plural of paradigm leveling

Alternative form of morphoparadigm

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.

plural of paradigm shift

(computing, of a programming language) Supporting more than one programming paradigm, in order to allow the most suitable programming style for a task.

plural of morpho-paradigm