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paradigm shift
noun [C] formalDefinition
(Definition of paradigm shift noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment noun (CHANGE)
- alteration noun
- blip noun
- changeover noun
- conversion noun (CHANGE)
- flux noun (CHANGE)
- movement noun (CHANGE OPINION)
- movement noun (PROGRESS)
- perversion noun
- rearrangement noun
- regime change noun
- reversal noun
- reversion noun
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- turnabout noun
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