praxis

From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/

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.

• praxic
• praxeology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρᾶξῐς (prâxis).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpraːk.sis/, [ˈpraːk.sɪs]

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

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem), singular only.

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

• Italian: prassi

• PRAXIM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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)

praxis f (plural praxis)

1. praxis

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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.

• praktik
• rättsfall