paradigm shift
/ˈpærədaɪm ˌʃɪft/
a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions
paradigm shift in a sentence
“The iPhone represented a paradigm shift in mobile computing.”
Origin of paradigm shift
Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 1962
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