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Pronunciation : Par"a*digm
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr. Para-, and Diction.]
Definition : 1. An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] "The paradigms and patterns of all things." Cudworth.

2. (Gram.)

Defn: An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.

3. (Rhet.)

Defn: An illustration, as by a parable or fable.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913