paradigm
noun
par·a·digm
| \ ˈper-ə-ˌdīm
, ˈpa-rə- also -ˌdim\
, ˈpa-rə- also -ˌdim\
Definition of paradigm
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
the Freudian paradigm of psychoanalysis
broadly
: a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind