Maxim vs Paradigm - What's the difference?
maxim | paradigm |
A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
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An example serving as a model or pattern; a template.
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* 2003 , Nicholas Asher and Alex Lascarides, Logics of Conversation , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 65058 5, page 46:
(linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.
A system of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
A conceptual framework—an established thought process.
A way of thinking which can occasionally lead to misleading predispositions; a prejudice. A route of mental efficiency which has presumably been verified by affirmative results/predictions.
A philosophy consisting of ‘top-bottom’ ideas (namely biases which could possibly make the practitioner susceptible to the ‘confirmation bias’).
As nouns the difference between maxim and paradigm
is that maxim is maximum while paradigm is an example serving as a model or pattern; a template.As an adjective maxim
is maximum, greatest, highest.maxim
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Noun
(en noun)Wealth of Nations, page 768:
- In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.
Synonyms
* aphorism, cliche enthymeme, proverb, saying * See alsoSee also
* adage * aphorism * apophthegm ----paradigm
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Alternative forms
* paradigma (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- According to the Fourth Circuit, “Coca-Cola” is “the paradigm of a descriptive mark that has acquired secondary meaning”.
- DRT is a paradigm example of a dynamic semantic theory,
- The paradigm of "go" is "go, went, gone."