paradigmatic
nounEtymology From French paradigmatique, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός (părădeigmătĭkós).
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Lifestyle, Religion Historical A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.
paradigmatic
adjUK, US /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/ · US /ˌpɛɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/
Etymology From French paradigmatique, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός (părădeigmătĭkós).
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Of or pertaining to a paradigm.
- Throughout much of the 19th and up to the late 20th century, a decidedly biomedical model was adopted to explain the presence of disease. […] Midway through the 20th century, however, paradigmatic changes took place that increased both the scope and complexity of the concept of disease […]2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2:
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Related as members of a substitution class.
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Obsolete Exemplary.
- Derived terms
- macroparadigmatic, microparadigmatic, multiparadigmatic, nonparadigmatic, paradigmatical, paradigmatically, paradigmaticism, paradigmaticity, paradigmaticness, postparadigmatic, preparadigmatic
- Related terms
- syntagmatic