Today's Word "Paradigm"
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paradigm \PAE-reh-dIm\ (noun) - 1 : An example that serves as an archetype or model, or the model itself. 2 : The guiding philosophy of a discipline from which theories, experiments, and teaching practices are derived.
"Jessica's mother has a paradigm for housework that requires the active participation of the entire family."
From Greek paradeigma "pattern, model" from paradeiknunai "to compare": para- "alongside" + deiknunai "to show, display, exhibit." The underlying root, *deik-/*deig- also evolved into English "teach" and "token" and turns up in Latin as digit "finger" (originally meaning "pointer") and dic- "speak, say" of English "dictate" and "DICtionary!"
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