paradigm
noun
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a standard or typical exampleimage
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the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given timeβThey framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm.β
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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)substitution class
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systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word