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6-letter words (1 found)

PRAXIS,

5-letter words (2 found)

PAIRS,PARIS,

4-letter words (17 found)

AIRS,ARIS,AXIS,PAIR,PAIS,PARS,PIAS,PIRS,RAIS,RAPS,RASP,RIAS,RIPS,RISP,SAIR,SARI,SPAR,

3-letter words (28 found)

AIR,AIS,ARS,ASP,PAR,PAS,PAX,PIA,PIR,PIS,PIX,PSI,RAI,RAP,RAS,RAX,RIA,RIP,SAI,SAP,SAR,SAX,SIP,SIR,SIX,SPA,SRI,XIS,

2-letter words (9 found)

AI,AR,AS,AX,IS,PA,PI,SI,XI,

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Definitions and meaning of praxis

praxis

Etymology

Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -æksɪs

Noun

praxis (countable and uncountable, plural praxes or praxises)

  1. The practical application of any branch of learning.
  2. (drama) The deliberate action of a rational being.
  3. (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
  4. Custom or established practice.
  5. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • praxic
  • praxeology

Translations

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξῐς (prâxis).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpraːk.sis/, [ˈpräːks̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈprak.sis/, [ˈpräksis]

Noun

prāxis f sg (genitive prāxis or prāxeōs or prāxios); third declension

  1. proof, demonstration
    • (Can we date this quote?), Petronius (Titus or Gajus Petronius Arbiter). In: Petronii satirae et liber priapeorum, edited by Franciscus Buecheler, Berlin, 1871, p. 24:

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem), singular only.

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

  • Italian: prassi

References

  • PRAXIM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • praxis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,234/1.
  • “praxis” on page 1,451/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis).

Noun

praxis f (uncountable)

  1. praxis

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾaɡsis/ [ˈpɾaɣ̞.sis]
  • Rhymes: -aɡsis
  • Syllabification: pra‧xis

Noun

praxis f (plural praxis)

  1. praxis

Further reading

  • “praxis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹praksɪs/, [ˈpʰrakːsɪs]

Noun

praxis c

  1. practice, custom, the usual way to do things
    teori och praxis ― theory and practice
  2. case law, previous court decisions as a base for legal judgement
    Hovrättens dom strider mot Europadomstolens praxis. ― The verdict of the court of appeal is in conflict with the practice of the European Court of Human Rights.

See also

  • praktik
  • rättsfall

References

  • praxis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • praxis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • praxis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org