English Explanatory Dictionary

paradigm shift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm.
  2. Any radical change, especially in politics or technology.

Pronunciation

en-au-paradigm shift.ogg

Word forms

paradigm shift paradigm shifts

Etymology

Coined by American historian, physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962).

Synonyms

reconceptualization rethinking reframing remodeling sea change step change quantum leap
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