paradigm shift

== English == === Etymology === Coined by American historian, physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962). === Pronunciation === === Noun === paradigm shift (plural paradigm shifts) (sciences) A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm. [from 1962] Near-synonyms: reconceptualization, rethinking; reframing, remodeling (by extension) Any radical change, especially in politics or technology. Near-synonyms: sea change, step change, quantum leap ==== Translations ==== === References === Joe Miller (9 February 2018), “Are these the worst examples of business jargon?”, in BBC News‎[8], BBC === Further reading === paradigm shift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia