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means A shared model or framework of assumptions that shapes how a group sees and interprets everything within its scope.

from From Greek 'paradeigma' (pattern, example), built from 'para-' (beside) plus 'deiknynai' (to show) — literally 'something shown alongside' as a model to copy. It lived quietly as a grammar term (think verb paradigms, those tables of conjugations) until the philosopher Thomas Kuhn borrowed it in the mid-20th century to describe the entire framework of assumptions a scientific community shares — and the word escaped the classroom for good, eventually sprinting into overuse in business-speak.