Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paradigmatic

/ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: paradig-mat-ic
IPA: /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a paradigm.

adj

Related as members of a substitution class.

adj

Obsolete

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Throughout much of the 19th and up to the late 20th century, a decidedly biomedical model was adopted to explain the presence of disease. […] Midway through the 20th century, however, paradigmatic changes took place that increased both the scope and complexity of the concept of disease […]"

Etymology

From French paradigmatique, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός (părădeigmătĭkós).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: paradigmatique, πᾰρᾰδειγμᾰτῐκός

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/
British English: /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more paradigmatic (comparative) most paradigmatic (superlative) paradigmatics (plural)

Derived Forms

macroparadigmatic microparadigmatic multiparadigmatic nonparadigmatic paradigmatical paradigmatically paradigmaticism paradigmaticity paradigmaticness postparadigmatic preparadigmatic

Frequently Paired Words

syntagmatic

Questions

How do you pronounce paradigmatic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpæɹ.ə.dɪ(ɡ)ˈmæ.tɪk/.
What does paradigmatic mean?: Of or pertaining to a paradigm.
Where does paradigmatic come from?: It is traced to French.

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