" paradigm "

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1: A word coined by Thomas Kuhn to describe a closed set of scientific theories that are coherent and are well accepted by the larger scientific community.

  * e.g.,  ... My new quantum theory is garanteed to shake the scientific community and cause a paradigm shift towards a new set of theories. 

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2: Also see paradigm shift.

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1: The same as mindset. It defines how you treat daily events and handle situations. What we see is distorted by what we want to see. Paradigm is a combination of your attitude and knowledge. A bad paradigm might completely contradicts the real nature of objects that are perceived by mind and leads to poor reaction.

  * e.g.,  ... Money-centric paradigm is a popular paradigm. People ruled by it always put money matter at highest priority and blind themselves b/c of it. 

 [ "paradigm" ]

1: A pair of dimes, i.e. twenty (20) cents.

  * e.g.,  ... The expensive consultant helped us discover new paradigms by looking for loose change on the floor. 

 [ "paradigm" ]

1:  An example the majority of people follow, an establishment, set of values or ways

  * e.g.,  ...  I don't usually go with the paradigm. 

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2:  Paradigm City, Unknown Country. Established: more than forty years ago. Population: amnestic. Location: your local anime store;

  * e.g.,  ...  Paradigm City's inhabitants remind me of the book (gasp! a book! run!) 1984 by George Orwell. 

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3: People here don't really know what happened when they lost their memories forty years ago, so they move on.

 [ "paradigm" ]

1: A large obscure word often used by authority figures in an attempt to sound like competent leaders.

  * e.g.,  ... Lets qualitize our paradigm to maximize the profit sharing. 

 [ "paradigm" ]

1: A brand of speakers that are top of the line quality at a fraction of the price.

  * e.g.,  ... Go to Best Buy and ask if they have any Paradigm speakers in stock......chances are they've never heard of them. 

 [ "paradigm" ]

1: Universally recognized achievement which produces all the model problems and their solutions for a while in a scientific community.

  * e.g.,  ... In a computer science paradigm the data system is seen as a technological system where the user is only seen in human computer interaction. 

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1: Big word used by prominant Republicans with small minds.

  * e.g.,  ... I don't know why I keep saying paradigm but they keep saying it at all the meetings I go to and I thought it sounded good. 

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1: To have an unusually short sexual experience.

  * e.g.,  ... "That shag was shorter than paradigm" 

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2: Eding Coitus abruptly

  * e.g.,  ... "wanna go for a paradigm and a pizza?" 

 [ "Paradigm" ]

1:  A mode, model, example or blueprint.

  * e.g.,  ...  The values, integrity, and disciplines of old civilizations are the paradigms we use for today. 

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2:  A set of ideas, assumptions, and values that can be used to live, view the world in the logic of the society.

  * e.g.,  ...  What was science-fiction is now a paradigm for the science of the present and the future.