Definitions for praxis

praxis prax·is

Spelling: [prak-sis]
IPA: /ˈpræk sɪs/

Praxis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in praxis (aiprsx).

Definitions for praxis

noun

  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 of praxis

1575-85; Medieval Latin Greek prâxis deed, act, action, equivalent to prāk-, base of prā́ssein to do, fare + -sis -sis

Examples for praxis

Another difficult word which constantly recurs in the Poetics is prattein or praxis, generally translated 'to act' or 'action'.

Associated words: exemplify, exemplification, exemplary, praxis.

They are interdependent, and rule the ancient order of gnosis and praxis.

Self-constitution in mediating and mediated practical experiences is different from self-constitution in direct forms of praxis.

Progress in writing resulted in better histories, but moreover in new avenues for future praxis.

Conditions of human life and praxis require, instead of a skill and perspective for the whole of life, a series.

Sign systems of all kinds, but primarily language, housed and stored many of the projects that changed the condition of praxis.

Ideas are symptomatic of human self-constitution, and thus of the languages people have developed in their praxis.

My colleague Mark Schill at the praxis Strategy group has calculated the average regional paycheck, adjusted for cost of living.

praxis, praks′is, n. practice: an example or a collection of examples for exercise: a specimen.

Word Value for praxis
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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