{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY January 6, 2019- paradigm

WORD OF THE DAY January 6, 2019

paradigm    noun | PAIR-uh-dyme     Definition   1 : example, pattern; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype   2 :  an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms   3 : a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated; broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind   Scroll down for more about paradigm      TRENDING NOW: national emergency contentious amoral nebulous SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Trying Very Hard With 'Extra'       The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 1/4/19     More Useful Words You've Probably Never Used       The Scoop on 'The Proof Is in the Pudding'         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Winter Words Quiz   Winter has returned along with cold weather. Wrap yourself in a blanket and challenge yourself with our 14-question quiz about words relating to winter.     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Paradigm traces to a Greek verb meaning "to show," and has been used in English to mean "example" or "pattern" since the 15th century. Some debate exists, however, about what kind of example qualifies as a paradigm. Some people say it's a typical example, while others insist it must be an outstanding or perfect example. The scientific community has added to the confusion by using it to mean "a theoretical framework," a sense popularized by American scientist Thomas S. Kuhn in the second edition of his influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, published in 1970. In that work, Kuhn admitted that he had used paradigm in 22 different ways. Some usage commentators now advise avoiding the term entirely on the grounds that it is overused.     Examples of PARADIGM   "I was just obsessed as a kid with David and Goliath. It's probably the ultimate conflict paradigm in literature. But I was always on the side of Goliath. I loved Goliath. I didn't like David at all and I wished Goliath could win." — Lee Child, quoted in The Spectator, 1 Dec. 2018   "Phoebe has a talent for taking a musical or poetic paradigm and tilting it, inverting the norm in a way that expands and challenges the boundaries of the standard. Her songs marry convention with experimentation, both with a musical arrangement and production, and in the actual poetry of the songs." — Julien Baker, quoted in New York Magazine, 26 Oct. 2018   Name That Synonym   Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of paradigm: e _ _ mp _ _ r.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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