paradigm

Meanings

• systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
• a standard or typical example
• 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)
• the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
  • "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"

Synonyms

epitome, image, prototype, substitution class