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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Practical application or exercise of a branch of learning.
  2. n. Habitual or established practice; custom.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Use; practice; especially, practice or discipline for a specific purpose, as the acquisition of a specific art.
  2. n. An example or a collection of examples for practice; a representative specimen; a model.
  3. n. [capitalized] [NL.] In zoology: A genus of lepidopterous insects of the family Noctuidæ, erected for two handsome Australian species.
  4. n. A genus of mollusks.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The practical application of any branch of learning.
  2. n. philosophy The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
  3. n. Custom or established practice.
  4. n. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object.
  2. n. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. translating an idea into action

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (praksis, "action, activity, practice") (Wiktionary)
  2. Medieval Latin prāxis, from Greek prāxis, from prāssein, prāg-, to do. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “Praxis - I heard they renamed that program "Pornocopia" report] @praxis you should see the voip stuff that's come out of same - too cool for school report] praxis: what do you mean "was"? report]”

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  • “Protestant theology emphasizes Grace over Law — Jewish and Muslim theologies are all about Law; while Catholic theology certainly gives some importance to Grace (hard not to, given the Pauline epistles), its praxis is extremely legalistic (cf. Luther, M.).”

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  • “The language of allegory relates itself to language not reflexively but rather as an epistemologically uncertain praxis: language relates to itself in the mode of possible unrelatedness.”

    Notes on 'Reading, Begging, Paul de Man'

  • “The emphasis is more on practice or "praxis" -- spiritual living, self-renunciation, insight or enlightenment -- and among ordinary people, a sort of cult or caretaking of the gods like that practiced by ancient pagans.”

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  • “You can adopt another term, like praxis, which is one I sometimes use, or invent a newterm.”

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  • “A praxis is a holistic embodiment in action at a particular time of the values and commitments inherent to a particular story.”

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  • “Although you're not a Romanticist, you are heavily involved in what you have called a praxis or practice of your own.”

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  • “That used to be called praxis and is I think at the heart of this new age, and a key and controversial skill so its adoption will not be easy.”

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  • “In any event, because I'm not intelligent, I have to interrupt moiself here to look up the definition of "praxis"...all these words so love to jam into the Chatelaine's Brain and then when she finally spits them out, she's forgotten what they mean -- so focused is she instead on, on, on... why, yes: CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER!”

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  • “We meet, for instance, the colorful Polish aristocrat August von ­Cieszkowski, who turned the hyper-abstract reasoning of German idealism into "praxis," an unlovely word for practical revolutionary activity.”

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  • ruzuzu It is also the title of a novel by Fay Weldon. Jun 21, 2010

  • john Ironically inactive, I like that. Though I think my own inactivity is sincere. May 27, 2009

  • djsalinger This word is also popular with verbose and ironically inactive anarchists. May 27, 2009

  • vermontster My mind turns off when I hear psychologists use this term. It is also a teaching certification exam. For fun. Jun 28, 2008

  • seanahan Also in the title of a fairly famous 1936 chess book, "The Praxis of my System", by Aron Nimzowitsch. 1000 points if you can figure out how to pronounce that name. May 6, 2007

  • reesetee Indeed, j! (<--from a test-prep book editor) May 4, 2007

  • jennarenn Also, a test designed to insult the intelligence of future educators. May 4, 2007

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