Dictionary

praxis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpræk.səs/

Etymology

Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The practical application of any branch of learning.
2. (countable, uncountable) The deliberate action of a rational being.
3. (countable, uncountable) The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
   • […] in the particular case of the proletarian consciousness, the social process and awareness of that process became one and the same, and knowledge of society coincided with the revolutionary praxis that transformed it. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101:
4. (countable, uncountable) Custom or established practice.
5. (countable, uncountable) An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

Forms

Antonyms

theory

Deriveds

eupraxis · cacopraxis · radiopraxis · thanatopraxis · echothanatopraxia · orthoprax · zoopraxiscope · heteropraxis · orthopraxis · parapraxis

Relateds

praxic · praxeology

Synonyms

practice

Translations (23)

fr praxis (practical application of learning) · fi praksis (philosophy: synthesis of theory and practice) · ru устоявшаяся практика (custom or established practice) · bg практика (practical application of learning) · da praksis (custom or established practice) · fi käytäntö (custom or established practice) · cmn 實踐 /实践 (philosophy: synthesis of theory and practice) · bg обичай (custom or established practice) · pt práxis (philosophy: synthesis of theory and practice) · fi käytäntö (practical application of learning) · ca praxi (practical application of learning) · fi praksis (drama: deliberate action of a rational being) · pt praxe (custom or established practice) · cs praxe (practical application of learning) · fi harjoite (example or form of exercise for practice) · fi ihmistoiminta (drama: deliberate action of a rational being) · fr habitude (custom or established practice) · es praxis (practical application of learning) · hu praxis (practical application of learning) · ru обычай (custom or established practice) · fi harjoitus (example or form of exercise for practice) · pt práxis (practical application of learning) · cs praxe (custom or established practice)