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paradigmatic

[par-uh-dig-mat-ik]

adjective

of or pertaining to a paradigm.

Linguistics. pertaining to a relationship among linguistic elements that can substitute for each other in a given context, as the relationship of sun in The sun is shining to other nouns, as moon, star, or light, that could substitute for it in that sentence, or of is shining to was shining, shone, will shine, etc., as well as to is rising, is setting, etc. Compare syntagmatic.

Also, par·a·dig·mat·i·cal.

Origin:
1655–65; < Greek paradeigmatikós, equivalent to paradeigmat-, stem of parádeigma paradigm + -ikos -ic

Related forms

par·a·dig·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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a unit within a language, such as a word or base; vocabulary item

to differ in a way that can serve to distinguish meanings: The sounds (p) and (b) contrast in the words ?pin? and ?bin?

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The three photographers here are from different generations with distinct, almost paradigmatic photographic sensibilities.

Or a qualitative model with paradigmatic or efficiency constraints.

Here our experience can be regarded as a paradigmatic.

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paradigm (ˈpærəˌdaɪm)

—n
1.	grammar the set of all the inflected forms of a word or a systematic arrangement displaying these forms
2.	a pattern or model
3.	a typical or stereotypical example (esp in the phrase paradigm case)
4.	(in the philosophy of science) a very general conception of the nature of scientific endeavour within which a given enquiry is undertaken

[C15: via French and Latin from Greek paradeigma pattern, from paradeiknunai to compare, from para-¹ + deiknunai to show]

paradigmatic

—*adj*

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"Why should a blacksmith put his hands in the fire if he has tongs?
She was paradigmatic of those fat, gigantic women in London, all bum and elbow, who wear itchy tentlike coats, carry absurd bags of oranges, and usually wheeze down beside you on the bus, smelling of shilling perfume and cold air. She wore "sensible" shoes, had one bad foot, smoked too much, and cultivated a look as if she were always about to say no. In all, she was a woman with the carriage and studied irascibility of a middle-aged prebendary in the Church of England, executrix of self-reliance, lawgiver, Diocletian reborn."

-Alexander Theroux

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