paradigm shift

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

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: paradigmaren aldaketa — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Chinese Mandarin: 典範轉移 /典范转移 — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Chinese Mandarin: 範式轉移 /范式转移 (fànshì zhuǎnyí) — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Czech: posun paradigmatu — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Dutch: paradigmawissel — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Dutch: paradigmawisseling — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Finnish: paradigman muutos — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Finnish: ajattelutavan muutos — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• French: changement de paradigme — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Georgian: პარადიგმის ცვლილება (ṗaradigmis cvlileba) — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• German: Paradigmenwechsel — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Hungarian: paradigmaváltás — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Italian: cambiamento di paradigma — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Italian: mutamento di paradigma — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Italian: scienza rivoluzionaria — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Japanese: パラダイムシフト (paradaimu shifuto) — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Malay: anjakan paradigma — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Norwegian Bokmål: paradigmeskifte — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Norwegian Nynorsk: paradigmeskifte — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Polish: zmiana paradygmatu — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Portuguese: mudança de paradigma — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Russian: сме́на парадигм (sména paradigm) — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Spanish: cambio de paradigma — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Swedish: paradigmskifte — change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries
• Chinese Mandarin: 巨變 /巨变 (jùbiàn) — any radical change
• Finnish: paradigman muutos — any radical change
• Finnish: ajattelutavan muutos — any radical change
• Georgian: პარადიგმის ცვლილება (ṗaradigmis cvlileba) — any radical change
• Malay: anjakan paradigma — any radical change
• Polish: zmiana paradygmatu — any radical change