Serving as a typical example or pattern of something.
The teacher used a paradigmatic case to illustrate the concept to the students.
Relating to a paradigm or model.
The paradigmatic shift in scientific thinking led to new discoveries.
(Linguistics) Relating to the set of alternative linguistic units that can occur in the same position within a syntactic structure; pertaining to a paradigmatic relation.
Paradigmatic oppositions such as singular versus plural help to structure the morphology of the language.