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prax·is
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sɪs
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prak
-sis
]
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noun,
plural
prax·is·es,
prax·es
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ˈpræk
siz
/
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[
prak
-seez
]
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.
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.
Praxis
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Origin:
1575–85;
<
Medieval Latin
<
Greek
prâxis
deed, act, action, equivalent to
prāk-,
base of
prā́ssein
to do, fare +
-sis
-sis
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The epistemology of
praxis
recapitulates the fantasy of linguistic transparency.
Best's
praxis
is grounded in opposition to the indiscriminate destruction of life.
Praxis
is the only way to see how, and if, certain theoretical frameworks apply to the students that you teach.
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The epistemology of
praxis
recapitulates the fantasy of linguistic transparency.
Best's
praxis
is grounded in opposition to the indiscriminate destruction of life.
Praxis
is the only way to see how, and if, certain theoretical frameworks apply to the students that you teach.
Nearly all of my jobs were a happy combination of research and
praxis
.
Rather, it is a
praxis
which does not favour any particular religious belief over others.
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World English Dictionary
praxis
(ˈpræksɪs)
—
n
,
pl
praxises
,
praxes
1.
the practice and practical side of a profession or field of study, as opposed to the theory
2.
a practical exercise
3.
accepted practice or custom
[C16: via Medieval Latin from Greek: deed, action, from
prassein
to do]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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"We are all familiar with the Aristotelian argument about the relation of poetry to action. Action, or
praxis
, is the world of events; and history, in the broadest sense, may be called a verbal imitation of action, or events put in the forms of words. The historian imitates action directly; he makes specific statements about what happened, and is judged by the truth of what he says. What really happened is the external model of his pattern of words, and he is judged by the adequacy with which his words reproduce that model. The poet, in dramas and epics at least, also imitates actions in words, like the historian. But the poet makes no specific statements of fact, and hence is not judged by the truth or falsehood of what he says. The poet has no external model for his imitation, and is judged by the integrity or consistency of his verbal structure. The reason is that he imitates the universal, not the particular; he is concerned not with what happened but with what happens."
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