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paradigm

noun /pærədaɪm/ 3 syllables 8 letters Scrabble 14 WWF 17
Definitions
noun

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)

noun

a standard or typical example

noun

systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

noun

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

“he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm”

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