paradigmatic
Serving as archetype
Paradigmatic means serving as a model or prime example of something: Her career is paradigmatic of the self-made entrepreneur.
In linguistics, paradigmatic refers to the relationship between elements that could substitute for each other in a structure—choosing "walked" versus "ran" in a sentence, as opposed to syntagmatic relationships between elements that appear together.
The general sense dominates outside academic contexts.
Original model for copies
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- exemplarTypical perfect instance
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- epitomePerfect representative of type
quintessence · paragon · embodiment · ideal · standard · benchmark · touchstone · canonical
Analysis through underlying systems
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- signifierMeaning-bearing form
- signifiedExpressed meaning symbolically
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
phoneme · syntax · semantics · binary · opposition · associative · substitution · selection
Violent governmental overthrow
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
crisis · worldview · methodology · consensus · breakthrough · reconceptualization · epistemology · scientific community
Recurring arrangement or template
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
configuration · arrangement · format · blueprint · system · design · organization · architecture
archetype
Original model for copies
epitome · quintessence · paragon · embodiment · ideal · standard · benchmark · touchstone · canonical · definitive
structuralism
Analysis through underlying systems
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- signifierMeaning-bearing form
- signifiedExpressed meaning symbolically
morpheme · phoneme · syntax · semantics · binary · opposition · associative · substitution · selection · axis
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
anomaly · crisis · worldview · methodology · consensus · breakthrough · reconceptualization · epistemology · scientific community · conceptual framework
pattern
Recurring arrangement or template
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- schemaOrganized representational structure
structure · configuration · arrangement · format · blueprint · system · design · organization · architecture · matrix
- Saussurean linguisticslangue, parole, signifier, signified, synchronic
- structuralismLevi-Strauss, structuralism, structural analysis, signifier, signified
paradigmaticanomalous
Deviating from expected norms
atypical · unrepresentative · deviant · aberrant · counterexample