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How is the word ``paradigm'' pronounced?
The first ``a'' is like the ``a'' in ``apple'', ``act'' and ``cat''. The ``a'' in the second syllable is pronounced like the ``a'' in ``China'', ``amount'', and ``about''. The final ``digm'' rhymes with ``time'', ``dime'', and ``lime''. The stress is on the first syllable. One of the meanings of the word is ``typical example of something''. This is a word used in formal contexts.*For many the Holocaust is a paradigm of evil.
*The incident that took place yesterday is a paradigm of the destructive side of human nature.
*As far as I am concerned, she is a paradigm of all that is good in this world.
*A paradigm is also a model which explains how something works or shows how something is produced.
Source:
The Hindu daily, Tuesday, May 01, 2001
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