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Definition of Paradigmatic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a grammatical paradigm. "Paradigmatic inflection"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to a typical example. "Paradigmatic learning"

3. Adjective. Related as members of a substitution class. "Paradigmatic word associations"

Definition of Paradigmatic

1. a. Exemplary.

2. n. A writer of memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.

Definition of Paradigmatic

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to a paradigm ¹

2. Adjective. related as members of a substitution class ¹

3. Noun. (historical religion) A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of Christian excellence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paradigmatic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paradigmatic

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Literary usage of Paradigmatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"In practical terms, it generally means leading the reader to slowly but securely internalize a set of "paradigmatic," or model, questions that can guide ..."

2. E-Governance in Africa, from Theory to Action: A Handbook on ICTs for Local by Gianluca Misuraca (2007)
"... A paradigmatic SHIFT 3.1. ICTS AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT The debate regarding the effectiveness of using ICTs to help achieve development goals arises ..."

3. The Modalist: Or, The Laws of Rational Conviction. A Textbook in Formal Or by Edward John Hamilton (1891)
"Such being the case, two modes of error are possible in paradigmatic ... And this shows how closely the paradigmatic and the applicative syllogisms are ..."

4. The Human Mind: A Treatise in Mental Philosophy by Edward John Hamilton (1883)
"... statement of a sequence, paradigmatic and deductive inference may be classed together as of the same nature, and as being both, equally and essentially, ..."

5. Select Works of Plotinus by Plotinus (1895)
"According to Plotinus, there is also another gradation of the virtues besides these, viz. the paradigmatic. For, as our eye, when it is first illuminated by ..."

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