| paradigm [n] |
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| 1) | systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word |
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| inflection |
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| 2) | a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" |
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| Synonyms : | epitome image prototype |
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| example epitomise concentrate imago |
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| 3) | 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) |
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| Synonyms : | substitution_class |
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| category |
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| 4) | the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm" |
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| perspective |
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