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paradigmatic

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

paradigmatic adjective: of or pertaining to a paradigm.

Adjective

paradigmatic (comparative more paradigmatic, superlative 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 […]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.

Noun

paradigmatic (plural paradigmatics)

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

paradigmatic meaning in Tamil

paradigmatic in Tamil

செயற்கை நிலை, கோட்பாட்டு மாற்றஞ்சார்

Forms of paradigmatic

Adjective
comparativemore paradigmatic
superlativemost paradigmatic
Noun
pluralparadigmatics

Origin of paradigmatic

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

Words formed from paradigmatic

Questions about paradigmatic

What does paradigmatic mean?
Paradigmatic means of or pertaining to a paradigm.
What is paradigmatic in Tamil?
Paradigmatic in Tamil is செயற்கை நிலை, கோட்பாட்டு மாற்றஞ்சார். See Paradigmatic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paradigmatic?
Paradigmatic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce paradigmatic?
Paradigmatic is pronounced /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/ (UK).

Words near paradigmatic in the dictionary

  1. paradigm shift
  2. paradigm shifts
  3. paradigma
  4. paradigmal
  5. paradigmata
  6. paradigmatic
  7. paradigmatical
  8. paradigmatically
  9. paradigmaticism
  10. paradigmaticisms
  11. paradigmaticity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paradigmatic (page history and authors); paradigmatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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