Main entry: 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
Main entry: paradigm
Definition: the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
Usage: he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm
Main entry: 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)
Main entry: paradigm
Definition: systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word