paradigm shift

短语

[医]变更, 倒班

发音

AU

词形变化

paradigm shifts 复数 paradigm shifts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm.

    典范转移

    范式转移

    Near-synonyms: reconceptualization, rethinking; reframing, remodeling

  2. 2.

    Any radical change, especially in politics or technology.

    巨变

    引申义

    Near-synonyms: sea change, step change, quantum leap

词源

Coined by American historian, physicist and philosopher Thomas-kun in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962).

来源：wiktionary