paradigmatic

C1 Topic:Plants & Agriculture
US /ˌpɛɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/ UK /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/
adj Freq #182489

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    related as members of a substitution class

    Paradigmatic word associations.

  2. 2
    adj

    of or relating to a typical example

    Paradigmatic learning.

  3. 3
    adj

    of or relating to a grammatical paradigm

    Paradigmatic inflection.

Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms macroparadigmaticmicroparadigmaticmultiparadigmaticnonparadigmaticparadigmaticalparadigmaticallyparadigmaticismparadigmaticityparadigmaticnesspostparadigmaticpreparadigmatic
Related forms syntagmatic

Etymology

From French paradigmatique, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός (părădeigmătĭkós).

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