noun (n)

• systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word(noun.linkdef)

  source: wordnet30
• a standard or typical example(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  epitome, image, prototype
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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)(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  substitution class
  

  source: wordnet30
• the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  He framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm.
  

  source: wordnet30
• An example; a model; a pattern.(noun)

  source: webster1913