Instance and Paradigm

Instance

Instance noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
Usage example: this is just one instance of his repeated failure to do what he promised

Paradigm and instance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paradigm" instead a noun "Instance".

Paradigm

Paradigm noun - A standard or typical example.
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Synonyms for Paradigm

Instance and paradigm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instance" instead a noun "Paradigm".

Nearby Word: paradigmatic

How words are described

particular particular instance particular paradigm
specific specific instance specific paradigm
straight straight instance straight paradigm
single single instance single paradigm
Other adjectives: entire, main, former, classic, bizarre.

Both words in one sentence

  • Genre-Busting For instance, arguing about monotremates somehow not being mammals may make sense in a Linnaean paradigm, but in cladistics it doesn't since there is nothing that defines "mammal" besides being genetically a mammal (which monotremates are).
    Source: Genre-Busting
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