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paradigm shift

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(Philosophy) a radical change in underlying beliefs or theory
[C20: coined by T.S. Kuhn (1922–96), US philosopher of science]
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Airport operators can get a first row seat on what's happening on their runway using our technology, and this is a paradigm change in the aviation world.
We are witnessing a paradigm change, an unchecked slide into an era in which the scale of global forced displacement as well as the response required is now clearly dwarfing anything seen before," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres.
Social media in career services was experienced as (a) a means for delivering information, (b) a medium for 1-to-l communication, (c) an interactive working space, and (d) an impetus for paradigm change and reform.
Wayfinding Through Orientation is a paradigm change in wayfinding which has profound impact well beyond GI Science research.
Moreover he stated that the PTI would also continue its journey towards paradigm change with the cooperation of change-wishers people of the province.
One field which is poised to bring a paradigm change in the way diseases are treated in the next decades is the Stem cell therapy/Regenerative Medicine space.
FAO would not propose this paradigm change if it did not have "proof of application" that it actually works for farmers.
GEMU Sumondo[R] represents the long-awaited paradigm change to Single-Use design: From manual systems to automation-capable and controllable plants for faultless operation and continual documentation by the plant monitoring system.
In the book you discuss a "readiness factor" where administrators and teachers have to be ready for the paradigm change to occur.
This is the beginning of a construction paradigm change and we know the model is a winner.
The measures amounted to "a clear paradigm change and it will now depend how that is implemented," Andreas Schockenhoff, the conservatives' deputy parliamentary group leader, said on RBB public radio.
I hope to convey the feeling that there is somewhat of a paradigm change in the recommendations regarding treatment of fibromyalgia as expressed by these three guidelines," he said at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology.