noun
systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
noun
a standard or typical example
Synonyms
Examples
- he is the prototype of good breeding
- he provided America with an image of the good father
noun
the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
Synonyms
substitution class
noun
the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
Examples
- he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm