paradigm

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   They framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm.

From Middle English paradygme, from Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma, “pattern”), from παραδείκνυμι (paradeíknumi, “I show [beside] or compare”) + -μα (-ma, suffix forming nouns concerning the results of actions). Doublet of paradigma.

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