paradigm shift

noun

formal

: an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way

This discovery will bring about a paradigm shift in our understanding of evolution.

Examples of paradigm shift in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 15th Five-Year Plan, which was announced after the fourth plenum of the 20th Communist Party Congress in Beijing last week, is viewed as a continuation of policy efforts announced last year and does not signal a paradigm shift. —Denni Hu, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025

Reasonable people from all sides of the current AI conversation agree that this particular paradigm shift is just different. —Nick Tzitzon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025

Disclosure, according to Farah (who produced Spielberg’s 2018 sci-fi action feature Ready Player One), comes on the heels of a paradigm shift in the way Americans think about UAPs, once seen as a fringe issue. —Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2025

One win, that is, and a paradigm shift as massive as Mount Rainier. —Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for paradigm shift

• adrift
• airlift
• facelift
• festschrift
• forklift
• gearshift
• makeshift
• redshift
• sealift
• snowdrift
• spendthrift
• clift