(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.
When the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789, it superseded the Articles of Confederation and forbid states from printing or minting money, granting the U.S. Congress sole authority to generate U.S. currency. 1  Yale Law School: Articles of Confederation.  U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian: Articles of Confederation, 1777â1781.