A paradigm, in science and epistemology, is a distinct concept or thought pattern.

Paradigm may also refer to:

Science and medicine

  • Paradigm, an experimental setup
  • Programming paradigm, a style of programming, usually enforced by the programming language used
  • Minimed Paradigm, an insulin pump made by Minimed/Medtronic
  • Linguistic paradigm, the complete set of inflectional forms of a word.
  • Algorithmic paradigm, a common generic method which underlies the designs of a class of algorithms

Books and publishing

  • Paradigm (comics character), a character in the Marvel Comics
  • Paradigm (Image Comics), an independent comic book series
  • Paradigm (publisher), a Japanese publishing company
  • Paradigm Publishing, the post-secondary division of EMC Publishing, LLC

Other uses

  • Paradigm Concepts, a small-press role-playing game publishing company
  • Paradigm Entertainment, a video game studio
  • Paradigm High School, a high school in South Jordan, Utah
  • Paradigm Operations, an investment firm
  • Paradigm Secure Communications, provider of satellite communications to the UK Ministry of Defence
  • Paradigm Talent Agency, a talent and literary agency headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA
  • Paradigm City, the setting of the anime series Big O
  • V-STOL Pairadigm, an American aircraft design (intentional misspelling)
  • Paradigm (video game), a point-and-click adventure video game
  • "Paradigm", a song by Northlane from the 2019 album Alien
  • "Paradigm", a song by Oceans Ate Alaska from the 2022 album Disparity
  • "Paradigm", a song by The Plot in You from the 2022 album Swan Song
  • "Paradigms", a song by Extol from the 2003 album Synergy

See also

  • Paradigm shift, a change in the basic assumptions of science
  • Paradigm Shift (disambiguation)
  • Paradigmatic analysis, in semiotics the analysis of paradigms embedded in a text