paradigmata
Saypa-ruh-dig-MAH-tuhUS/ˌpæɹədɪɡˈmɑtə/UK/ˌpæɹədɪɡˈmɑːta/
- 1Plural of paradigm. A rare plural. The usual one is paradigms.
The old grammar book shows the paradigmata of every verb in long tables.
The professor talked about the paradigmata that shaped early science.
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- 2Plural of paradigma, an old way of writing paradigm.
These paradigmata, these basic visions of life’s meaning, become the foundations for developing levels of value consciousness, as well as the concrete integrating principle of a world-view.
1965, F. Warren Rempel, The Role of Value in Karl Mannheim’s Sociology of KnowledgeHere, paradigmata is the plural of paradigma, meaning basic models or patterns.Note
paradigmata is a form of paradigm
paradigm, noun: A way of doing or thinking about something, or the set of ideas behind it. Full entry
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- paradigm → paradigmata: irregular plural (no -s)
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