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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.7 / 17 votes

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. Mani Erfan:

   That’s a paradigm shift, it would change the dynamic of the country and the region.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   How do David Pugh do contact tracing when someone doesn't have any symptoms ? the standard, classic paradigm of identification, isolation, contact tracing doesn't work no matter how good you are because you don't know who you're tracing.

3. David Makovsky:

   In some ways, it's a policy earthquake, i think there's a fundamental paradigm shift from which there's no return.

4. Mike Gallagher:

   We're going to combine our bills together and really try to push the thing. I think that would be a complete, complete paradigm shift.

5. Kristin Schubert:

   It's like a paradigm shift around what it means to be mentally well at an early age and how that dictates how life goes for you later on.