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Definition paradigmatic in British English

paradigmatic adjective

adjective
/ˌpærədɪɡˈmætɪk/
1

providing a typical example or model of something

Example

Hot dogs are the paradigmatic American food.

Synonyms and related words
typical traditional usual
2

referring to the relationship between a set of linguistic items that can replace each other in a particular context, for example 'vase' and 'book' or 'on' and 'under' in the sentence 'The vase is on the table'

Synonyms and related words
anaphoric cataphoric compound
Definition paradigmatic in British English