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Today’s Word: paradigm

Today’s Word: paradigm

June 6, 2017 =========

☆  paradigm 枠組み

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If you look in your dictionary, it will most likely tell you that a paradigm is a typical example or pattern of something. A good example of a paradigm would be a way of thinking, a method, or an idea that is generally accepted by society or a community.

You might not hear this word very often in everyday English, but it is often used to talk about a paradigm shift – in other words, not to talk about the actual idea or pattern, but a shift away from that idea or pattern.

If you’ve ever studied the PhotoReading system, there are a lot of paradigm shifts in thatRead more about Today’s Word: paradigm[…]