Examples of “paradigm shift” in a Sentence

noun A fundamental change in the basic assumptions a field works from, so that old questions, methods and evidence are reinterpreted rather than merely added to. It is the difference between refining a theory and replacing the framework the theory sat in.

• The move from Newtonian physics to relativity was a genuine paradigm shift.
• Germ theory produced a paradigm shift in how doctors understood disease.

noun In looser business and media use, any major change in how something is done or thought about.

• Remote working has been a paradigm shift for the whole industry.