praxis

See also: Praxis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”)

Noun

praxis (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.

Related terms

• praxic
• praxeology

Translations

practical application of learning

• Finnish: käytäntö (fi)

drama: deliberate action of a rational being

• Finnish: ihmistoiminta, praksis

philosophy: synthesis of theory and practice

• Finnish: praksis

custom or established practice

• Danish: praksis c
• Finnish: käytäntö (fi)

• Portuguese: praxe (pt) f
• Russian: обычай (ru) (obyčaj), устоявшаяся (ru) (ustojavšajasja) практика (ru) (praktika)

example or form of exercise for practice

• Finnish: harjoitus (fi), harjoite (fi)

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek πρᾶξῐς (prâxis)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpraːk.sis/, [ˈpraːk.sɪs]

Noun

prāxis f (genitive prāxeōs); third declension

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   • Petronius (Titus or Gajus Petronius Arbiter). In: Petronii satirae et liber priapeorum, edited by Franciscus Buecheler, Berlin, 1871, p. 24:

     nam mihi nihil novi potest afferri, sicut ille fericulus iam habuit praxim.

     fericulusta mel habuit

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “PRAXIM”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “praxis” on page 1,234/1 of Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• “praxis” on page 1,451/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Spanish

Noun

praxis f (plural praxis)

1. praxis

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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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