Definitions For Paradigm

noun

• A standard or typical example
• The generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
• 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)
• Systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
• A model or pattern for something that may be copied
• A theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about