Meaning & Definition of Paradigm in English

1. Systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

2. A standard or typical example

• "He is the prototype of good breeding"

• "He provided america with an image of the good father"

3. 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)

4. The generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time

• "He framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"