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Definition of praxis - 4 dictionary results

prax⋅is

[prak-sis]
–noun, plural prax⋅is⋅es, prax⋅es [prak-seez] .
1. practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
2. convention, habit, or custom.
3. a set of examples for practice.

Origin:
1575–85; < ML < Gk prâxis deed, act, action, equiv. to prāk-, base of prssein to do, fare + -sis -sis
prax·is   (prāk'sĭs)   
n.   pl. prax·es (prāk'sēz')
  1. Practical application or exercise of a branch of learning.
  2. Habitual or established practice; custom.

[Medieval Latin prāxis, from Greek prāxis, from prāssein, prāg-, to do.]

Praxis

Prax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to do. See Practice.]

1. Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object. "The praxis and theory of music." --Wood.

2. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
Language Translation for : praxis
Spanish: consultorio, gabinete, bufete; clientela,
German: die Praxis,
Japanese: 業務

praxis 
1581, from M.L. praxis "practice, action" (c.1255, opposite of theory), from Gk. praxis "practice, action, doing," from stem of prassein "to do, to act."
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