praxis

praxis

See also: Praxis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/

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• 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

• cacopraxis
• eupraxis
• heteropraxis
• orthopraxis
• parapraxis

 

Related terms

• praxic
• praxeology

Translations

practical application of learning

Bulgarian: практика (bg) f (praktika) Czech: praxe (cs) f 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

Bulgarian: обичай (bg) (običaj) Czech: praxe (cs) f Danish: praksis c Finnish: käytäntö (fi) French: habitude (fr) 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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξῐς (prâxis).

Pronunciation

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

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

     fericulusta mel habuit

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	prāxis
Genitive	prāxis prāxeōs prāxios
Dative	prāxī
Accusative	prāxim prāxin prāxem1
Ablative	prāxī prāxe1
Vocative	prāxis prāxi

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)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis).

Noun

praxis f (uncountable)

1. praxis

Declension

declension of praxis (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) praxis	{{{def}}}
genitive/dative	(unei) {{{pl}}}	{{{pl}}}i
vocative

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Spanish

Noun

praxis f (plural praxis)

1. praxis

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹praksɪs/, [ˈpʰrakːsɪs]

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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