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paradigm | American Dictionary

paradigm
noun[ C ]
 fmlus/ˈpær·əˌdɑɪm/
a very clear or typical example used as a model:
His ruthless accumulation of wealth stands as a paradigm of greed in the business world.

paradigm | Business English

paradigm
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpærədaɪm/us
a set of theories that explain the way a particular subject is understood at a particular time:
The TV network claimed that this was the beginning of "a new paradigm for commercial television."
His account of the effects of globalization does not fit into either of the economic paradigms that are dominant today.
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something:
a paradigm of sthThe company is seen as a paradigm of entrepreneurship.

Examples of paradigm

paradigm
The cooling paradigm also permitted rapid reversal and repeated demonstration of deficits in the same testing session.
A second paradigm focuses on the neural structures involved in either planning or control, respectively.
The postmodern position is the one paradigm of qualitative methodology that is intrinsically incommensurable with quantitative research paradigms.
Rigorous comparisons among the various studies are difficult, given the diversity of areas, stimuli, behavioral task and recording paradigms involved.
Any assumption of a universal philosophical paradigm should clearly not be the result of parochial extrapolation.
First, the present be paradigm is more robust to levelling than the past be paradigm.
In this article we present a survey of the major organizational paradigms used in multi-agent systems.
Within a paradigm, this is relatively straightforward as there are often direct equivalences.
In this new luxury market paradigm a great number of people can buy luxury goods.
The lack of a viable alternative meant that the existing paradigm was preserved, even in the face of apparent policy failure.
Authentication is thus useful for getting out of the bind of essentialism in which advocates of the desire paradigm are trapped.
All of these volumes depend on traditional paradigms drawn from the analysis of instrumental music.
The basic experimental paradigm was that of the comparison of individual performances when isolated and when in the presence of other people.
To summarize: the two dimensions of modeling (the distributed / nondistributed nature of representation and the chosen paradigm) are independent.
Acting out paradigms also present difficulties to people with learning difficulties.
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Collocations withparadigm

paradigm

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alternative paradigm
An alternativeparadigm emphasizes how the incentives considered in the individual rational approach choice are themselves the product of group manipulation.
current paradigm
Under the current paradigm of cultural studies, synthesis is rightly viewed with skepticism.
dominant paradigm
Co-operation, or at least coexistence, has been the dominantparadigm in considering relations between classes.
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