Main Entry:: par·a·digm
Pronunciation:: \ˈper-ə-ˌdīm, ˈpa-rə- also -ˌdim\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show — more at diction
Date:: 15th century

1: example , pattern ; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype2: an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms3: a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated ; broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind

— par·a·dig·mat·ic

\ˌper-ə-dig-ˈma-tik, ˌpa-rə-\ adjective

— par·a·dig·mat·i·cal·ly

\-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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