(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.
Historical Examples. 1  coining in the year I now write of was the fashionable crime. 2  Unless it's true that you're coining money in a way that's not legal. 3  Copper is used by the government for coining one-cent pieces. 4  Well, if you must know the worst, they are in prison, on a charge of coining.