paradigm shiftnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpær.ə.daɪm ˌʃɪft/us/ˈper.ə.daɪm ˌʃɪft/formala time when the usual and accepted way of doing or thinking about something changes completely
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Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- fluctuate
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- rearrangement
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- transfigure
- twist
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