əˈpɪt.ə.mi ˈɪmɪd͡ʒ ˈpæ.ɹə.daɪm ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm ˈpɹəʊtətʌɪp ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪp a standard or typical example he is the prototype of good breeding he provided America with an image of the good father the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word