Mean foreign aid and globalism's heartless framework (8)
I believe the answer is:
paradigm
'framework' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'mean foreign aid and globalism's heartless' is the wordplay.
'mean' becomes 'par' (I've seen this in other clues).
'foreign' indicates anagramming the letters (foreign order of the letters).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'heartless' suggests removing the centre.
'globalism' with its middle taken out is 'gm'.
'aid' with letters rearranged gives 'adi'.
'par'+'adi'+'gm'='PARADIGM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paradigm that I've seen before include "Framework or typical example" , "Typical example or pattern" , "Archetype" , "Standard example" , "Adam grip (anag.)" .)