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paradigmatic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpæɹ.ə.daɪˈmæ.tɪk/ (UK, US)
  • /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/ (UK, US)
  • /ˌpɛɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/ (US)
  • /ˌpɛɹ.ə.daɪˈmæ.tɪk/ (US)

Etymology

From French paradigmatique, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός (părădeigmătĭkós).

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to a paradigm.
    • Throughout much of the 19th and up to the late 20th century, a decidedly biomedical model was adopted to explain the presence of disease. […] Midway through the 20th century, however, paradigmatic changes took place that increased both the scope and complexity of the concept of disease […] 2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2:
  2. Related as members of a substitution class.
  3. (obsolete) Exemplary.

Forms

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more paradigmatic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most paradigmatic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

paradigmaticism · microparadigmatic · postparadigmatic · paradigmatically · macroparadigmatic · nonparadigmatic · paradigmatical · multiparadigmatic · paradigmaticity · preparadigmatic · paradigmaticness

Relateds

syntagmatic

Translations (18)

ro paradigmatic (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · nl paradigmatisch (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · es paradigmático (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · pl paradygmatyczny (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · cs paradigmatický (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · da paradigmatisk (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · it paradigmatico (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · fi paradigmaattinen (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · fr paradigmatique (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · ca paradigmàtic (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · de paradigmatisch (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · kk парадигмалық (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · gl paradigmático (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · uk парадигмати́чний (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · lv paradigmatisks (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · ru парадигмати́ческий (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · ast paradigmáticu (of or pertaining to a paradigm) · be парадыгматы́чны (of or pertaining to a paradigm)

paradigmatic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpæɹ.ə.daɪˈmæ.tɪk/ (UK, US)
  • /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/ (UK, US)
  • /ˌpɛɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/ (US)
  • /ˌpɛɹ.ə.daɪˈmæ.tɪk/ (US)

Etymology

From French paradigmatique, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός (părădeigmătĭkós).

Meanings

  1. (historical) A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.

Forms

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paradigmatics Number=Plur lexicographic