praxis

See also: Praxis

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/

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.

Related terms

• praxic
• praxeology

Translations

practical application of learning

• Finnish: käytäntö (fi)
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drama: deliberate action of a rational being

• Finnish: ihmistoiminta, praksis
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philosophy: synthesis of theory and practice

• Finnish: praksis
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custom or established practice

• Danish: praksis c
• Finnish: käytäntö (fi)
• French: habitude (fr)
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• 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 Latin) 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

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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

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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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