alternative paradigm
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alternative
adjective
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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paradigm
noun[C]
uk/ˈpær.ə.daɪm/us/ˈper.ə.daɪm/
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example ...
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Alternative paradigms may exist at the same time as the dominant paradigm.
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First, there was a significant increase in the number of published studies operating within alternative paradigms demonstrating the health hazards of smoking.
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It did not dissuade me from pursuing postgraduate studies abroad, although it did strengthen my resolve to choose a university in which alternative paradigms were prominent.
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Research is focused on the search for progressive discourses and alternative paradigms.
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Analternativeparadigmemphasizes how the incentives considered in the individual rational approach choice are themselves the product of group manipulation.
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Despite this long-standing recognition, analternativeparadigmfor studying developmental phenomena has yet to emerge and gain widespread acceptance in the scientific community.
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To explore the perceptual effects using analternativeparadigm, we also tested perceived temporal frequency in subjects with unilateral optic neuritis.
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Undoubtedly, it is being challenged by some research, but noalternativeparadigmhas yet emerged.
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Of course, thealternativeparadigmreceives little attention and credibility.
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To what extent neostructuralism constitutes analternativeparadigmto neoliberalism is, of course, open to debate.
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Analternativeparadigmis the single-payer, global budget approach.
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In this paper we have explored some important issues (typing problems, confluence, call-by-need strategy) in thisalternativeparadigm.
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If analternativeparadigmwere to become viable now, it would have to attempt an alternative account for these linked facts.
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Thealternativeparadigmis that medicine, like other professions, faces recurrent problems that are alike and thus should be handled in the same way.
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It occurs when political leaders committed to policy change exploit stressors, challenge the rationality of the existing regime, promote analternativeparadigmand offer a different set of policy solutions.
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Rather, it dies when its basic premises are fundamentally challenged by analternativeparadigmand its carriers abandon its principles to adopt those of the other.
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This process signals the frequent need of movements to establish an oppositional public discourse oralternativeparadigmbefore governmental policy becomes responsive to new ideas in civil society.
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Analternativeparadigmis to have all changes saved continuously (as with pen and paper) and all versions of a document available for review.
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They occur when intellectuals construct alternative paradigms, disseminate them in professional or popular journals, capture media attention, and persuade other intellectuals of their validity.
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