Associations to the word «Paradigmatic»

Wiktionary

PARADIGMATIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to a paradigm.
PARADIGMATIC, adjective. Related as members of a substitution class.
PARADIGMATIC, adjective. (obsolete) Exemplary.
PARADIGMATIC, noun. (historical) (religion) A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of Christian excellence.

Dictionary definition

PARADIGMATIC, adjective. Of or relating to a grammatical paradigm; "paradigmatic inflection".
PARADIGMATIC, adjective. Of or relating to a typical example; "paradigmatic learning".
PARADIGMATIC, adjective. Related as members of a substitution class; "paradigmatic word associations".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky