(plural paradigm shifts) 1  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. ( US) A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new belief.
The use of IN GOD WE TRUST has not been uninterrupted. The motto disappeared from the five-cent coin in 1883, and did not reappear until production of the Jefferson nickel began in 1938. Since 1938, all United States coins bear the inscription.
DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x. Extract. (13 April 1934) After the failure of European nations to honor their W orld W ar I debts to the US after the H oover debt moratorium , Congress forbade government loans to any foreign country delinquent in its war obligations.