Synonyms for paradigm
ˈpær əˌdaɪm, -dɪmpar·a·digm

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1. paradigmnoun

   An example serving as a model or pattern; a template.

   Synonyms:
   model, exemplar, worldview

2. paradigmnoun

   A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.

   The paradigm of go is go, went, gone.

   Synonyms:
   worldview, model, exemplar

3. paradigmnoun

   A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.

   Synonyms:
   model, worldview, exemplar

4. paradigmnoun

   A conceptual framework—an established thought process.

   Synonyms:
   exemplar, model, worldview

5. paradigmnoun

   A way of thinking which can occasionally lead to misleading predispositions; a prejudice. A route of mental efficiency which has presumably been verified by affirmative results/predictions.

   Synonyms:
   model, worldview, exemplar

6. paradigmnoun

   A philosophy consisting of ‘top-bottom’ ideas (namely biases which could possibly make the practitioner susceptible to the ‘confirmation bias’).

   Synonyms:
   worldview, exemplar, model

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1. paradigmnoun

   systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

   Synonyms:
   epitome, prototype, image, substitution class

2. prototype, paradigm, epitome, imagenoun

   a standard or typical example

   "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

   Synonyms:
   range, effigy, trope, figure of speech, ikon, figure, substitution class, simulacrum, range of a function, image, epitome, persona, look-alike, icon, prototype, mental image, double, picture

3. substitution class, paradigmnoun

   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)

   Synonyms:
   epitome, prototype, image, substitution class

4. paradigmnoun

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

   "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"

   Synonyms:
   epitome, prototype, image, substitution class

Matched Categories

1. • Inflection
   • Position

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1. List of paraphrases for "paradigm":

   model, paradigmatic

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1. Mohamed El-Erian:

   The biggest risk is this illusion of liquidity, the major concern is that you get a change in the paradigm, and then people discover that there isn't enough liquidity to reposition.

2. Sandeep Aggarwal:

   AI is a paradigm shift. Hope we embrace it vs on the mercy of others. It is automation raise to the power infinity and much more...

3. Garrett Marrero:

   This is going to create a paradigm shift in craft beer moving forward.

4. Vivan Sharan:

   This is of course a tall order for new-age companies that are used to global scale and presence, without commensurately large investments on the ground, most social media majors spend the largest share of their operational bandwidth on developed markets. This paradigm is untenable and is now beginning to shift.

5. Marco Attisani:

   These are investments that normally are carried out by big investors, public sectors, this is establishing a technological paradigm. The users will pay as they go. That means they pay for the water they collect and electricity that they use, but the entire infrastructure big corporations and public sector will pay for that. And the point is that this machine is a vending machine. It pays back its own investment in six months, 18 months.