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par·a·digm 'per-&-"dIm, 'pa-r&- also -"dim noun paradigm or paradox--choose one and say why:shrug:
Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show -- more at DICTION 1 : EXAMPLE, PATTERN; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype 2 : an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms 3 : a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated; broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind - par·a·dig·mat·ic /"per-&-dig-'ma-tik, "pa-r&-/ adjective - par·a·dig·mat·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
par·a·dox \ˈper-ə-ˌdäks, ˈpa-rə-\ noun Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, from para- + dokein to think, seem — more at decent Date: 1540 1: a tenet contrary to received opinion 2 a: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true b: a self-contradictory statement that at first seems true c: an argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises 3: one (as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
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