Paradigmatic Definition & Meaning

paradigmatic
adjective
  1. of or relating to a grammatical paradigm; "paradigmatic inflection"
  2. of or relating to a typical example; "paradigmatic learning"
  3. related as members of a substitution class; "paradigmatic word associations"

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