Systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word.
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A standard or typical example. Synonyms:epitome, image, prototype."He provided America with an image of the good father"
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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). Synonym:substitution class.
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The generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time.
... belongs to the first conjugation, and kenonwes to the second. There are three other conjugations, each of which shows some peculiarity in the prefixed pronouns, though, in the main, a general resemblance runs through them all. There are other variations of the pronouns, according to the "paradigm," as it is called, to which the verb belongs. Of these paradigms there are two, named in the modern Iroquois grammars paradigms K and A, from the first or characteristic letter of the first personal pronoun. The particular conjugation and paradigm to which any verb belongs can only ... — The Iroquois Book of Rites • Horatio Hale
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