Synonyms: paradigm, image, epitome, prototype
Definition: a standard or typical example
Usage: he is the prototype of good breeding; he provided America with an image of the good father
Definition: a representative form or pattern
Usage: I profited from his example
Synonyms: paradigm
Definition: the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
Usage: he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm
Similar words: position, perspective, view
Definition: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Usage: consider what follows from the positivist view
Synonyms: substitution class, paradigm
Definition: the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
Similar words: class, category, family
Definition: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Usage: there are two classes of detergents
Synonyms: paradigm
Definition: systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
Similar words: inflection, inflexion
Definition: a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function