- practice, as distinguished from theory, of an art, science, etc.
- established practice; custom
- Now Rare a set of examples or exercises, as in grammar
Origin of praxis
Medieval Latin from Classical Greek from prassein, to do
noun
- Fasting as a result of your Christian faith and to atone for your sins is an example of praxis.
- Living the principles of communism instead of just theoretically discussing those principles and strategizingabout whether they will work is an example of praxis.
Praxis is defined as an accepted practice or custom, or an idea translated into action, or something in reality rather than something in theory.
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noun
pl. prax·es,- Practical application or exercise of a branch of learning.
- Habitual or established practice; custom.
Origin of praxis
Medieval Latin prāxis from Greek from prāssein prāg- to doTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural praxes)
- The practical application of any branch of learning.
- (philosophy) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
- Custom or established practice.
- An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
Origin
From Ancient Greek Ï€Ïᾶξις (praksis, “action, activity, practice")
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Sentence Examples
- A stretch, praxis (damage), or traction (pulling or tension-creating) injury, in which the nerve has been overstretched and damaged but is not torn.
- Therefore, stretch or praxis injuries to the brachial plexus usually heal on their own within about three months, leading to complete recovery.
- It is here that the differences between the four schools come most into notice: the Hanifite praxis is the least rigorous, then the Shafi`ite; the Hanbalites, whose system is the strictest, have practically disappeared in the Malikites.
- It is probable that the apparent severity of the medieval Latin Church on this subject was largely due to the real strictness of the Greek Church, which, under the patriarch Photius in 864, had taken what was virtually a new departure in its fasting praxis.
- Passing over the invention of logarithms by John Napier, and their development by Henry Briggs and others, the next author of moment was an Englishman, Thomas Harriot, whose algebra (Artis analyticae praxis) was published posthumously by Walter Warner in 1631.
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