Synonyms for paradigm
ˈpær əˌdaɪm, -dɪmpar·a·digm

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1. paradigmnoun

   An example serving as a model or pattern; a template.

   Synonyms:
   model, exemplar, worldview

2. paradigmnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   worldview, model, exemplar

3. paradigmnoun

   A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.

   Synonyms:
   model, worldview, exemplar

4. paradigmnoun

   A conceptual framework—an established thought process.

   Synonyms:
   exemplar, model, worldview

5. paradigmnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   model, worldview, exemplar

6. paradigmnoun

   A philosophy consisting of ‘top-bottom’ ideas (namely biases which could possibly make the practitioner susceptible to the ‘confirmation bias’).

   Synonyms:
   worldview, exemplar, model

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1. paradigmnoun

   systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

   Synonyms:
   epitome, prototype, image, substitution class

2. prototype, paradigm, epitome, imagenoun

   a standard or typical example

   "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

   Synonyms:
   range, effigy, trope, figure of speech, ikon, figure, substitution class, simulacrum, range of a function, image, epitome, persona, look-alike, icon, prototype, mental image, double, picture

3. substitution class, paradigmnoun

   the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

   Synonyms:
   epitome, prototype, image, substitution class

4. paradigmnoun

   the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

   "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"

   Synonyms:
   epitome, prototype, image, substitution class

Matched Categories

1. • Inflection
   • Position

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1. List of paraphrases for "paradigm":

   model, paradigmatic

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1. European Council President Tusk:

   The measures we have agreed today will not end the crisis, but they are all necessary steps in the right direction ... Tonight we have a common understanding that we cannot continue like we did before. Without changing the current paradigm the Schengen area will only exist in theory.

2. Jesse Johnson:

   We have to create new policies, because what we were doing before was not working, what we wanted to do with these bills is set an expectation that officers de-escalate and that there's less lethal enforcement of the law. A lot of the pushback we're getting is because it's a paradigm shift.

3. Michael Vella:

   I think( the study) challenges the paradigm that we need to see all patients back for visits.

4. David Rutter:

   We held several roundtables...to deeply consider what the possible implications of the blockchain were, and what it could possibly do to save money, and time, and to create a better paradigm for the world of Wall Street and finance.

5. Matthias Kohler:

   The benefit from an architectural point of view is that you can really design the construction directly, so you can plan for how it is built instead of designing your plan and then that plan afterwards being converted on the construction site. So it actually changes the paradigm of how you design and build quite fundamentally.