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paradigmatic

paradigmatic

1 9.3
Relating to a model that shows word forms in grammar
  • adjective
  • /ˌpærəˈdaɪɡmətɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : paradigmático
  • The teacher provided paradigmatic examples of verb conjugation to help the students understand the concept.
  • paradigmatic shift
  • paradigmatic and syntagmatic

Examples

  • A paradigmatic revolution in the status and prestige of the humanities started in the second half of the 1990s.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The crucial question is whether African American, Latino, Latin, Native, and Asian American agencies can be recognized as paradigmatic elements that set the criteria for the American canon as a whole, as does the Euro-American currently.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Myths can therefore be both paradigmatic and programmatic.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The CSEF is used as a "paradigmatic structure" to evaluate students on five required speeches.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Calls for other forms of transparency, from shared information to inclusive stakeholder engagement, provide a starting place for a paradigmatic shift in accountability.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Subtest analysis is paradigmatic of ipsative measurement.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Here, Gibson attempts to uncover the paradigmatic shift towards information systems that came in with the advent of Modernism.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Because of the dominance of Kte Hamburger's approach, the paradigmatic status that dramatic texts have for a theory of fictionality has long been overlooked.

    Academic text (2004)
  • For the general public, I think that paranormal phenomena are symbolic and paradigmatic cases of the mysteriousness of the universe and of its failure to be grasped by contemporary rationality.

    Academic text (1995)
  • If systematic theology is to be historical, it must be faithful to the Christian Scriptures and revelation that speak of Jesus of Nazareth as God's paradigmatic self-revelation; if it is to be contemporary, systematic theology must adequately address contemporary issues and problems.

    Academic text (2009)

How Typical

exemplary
45 5.8
paradigmatic
  • Specialized
1 9.3

Surface Forms

paradigmatic positive

Morphology

paradigmatic = paradigm (transparent) = paradigm + atic

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'paradigm' with a standard adjectival suffix, so the relation is inferable.

Etymology

Paradigmatic comes from the same Greek idea as paradigm, built from para- 'beside' and deigma 'show' or 'example', so it originally meant a 'pattern shown'. So in grammar a paradigmatic change is about the set of model forms or patterns that show how words change.