paradigm

IPA: pˈɛrʌdaɪm

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.
(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.

Examples of "paradigm" in Sentences

The term paradigm, however, is useful, like a Swiss Army Knife.
The term "paradigm shift" is bandied around with promiscuous ease.
The Olympic champion of sleep-inducing jargon must be the word "paradigm."
Now, the term paradigm shift is used to suggest the groundbreaking importance of statements such as this:
Now, I think that people become angered by paradigm shifts or angered by even hearing the term paradigm shift.
After the 1962 publication of Structure, however, the word paradigm came to mean something bigger and more complicated than a mere example.