C2nounformalacademicscience
US/ˈper.ə.daɪm/
UK/ˈpær.ə.daɪm/
a model or set of ideas that shapes how people think about a subject
In context
Online learning has created a new paradigm for how universities deliver courses.
Darwin's theory caused a paradigm shift in how scientists understood life.
The old paradigm of teacher-centered lessons is slowly giving way to active learning.
Words that go with paradigm
noun + noun
- paradigm shiftRemote work represents a paradigm shift in how offices operate.
- research paradigmEach research paradigm makes different assumptions about knowledge.
adjective + noun
- new paradigmThe book proposes a new paradigm for teaching history.
- dominant paradigmFor decades, this was the dominant paradigm in psychology.
- old paradigmMany managers still cling to the old paradigm of control.