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paradigmatic

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

Where it comes from

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

adjective more paradigmatic · most paradigmatic

  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 […]
  2. Related as members of a substitution class.
  3. obsolete Exemplary.

noun paradigmatics

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

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adj of or pertaining to a paradigm

Españolparadigmático
Françaisparadigmatique
Deutschparadigmatisch
Italianoparadigmatico
Românăparadigmatic
Русскийпарадигмати́ческий paradigmatíčeskij

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@misc{paradigmatic_2026,
  title = {paradigmatic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paradigmatic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}