praxis means the practical application of any branch of learning.
praxis is pronounced /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/.
Why “praxis” is a great word
The enactment of a theory or skill, its translation from the abstract into the lived world. From the Latin praxis and its etymon, the Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, "action, activity, practice"), first attested in English in the 1580s. Unlike "theory" (which remains suspended in abstraction, never touching ground) or "habit" (which operates below the threshold of conscious choice), praxis is the deliberate marriage of thought and deed. It is the surgeon's hands moving with learned precision through living tissue, the architect watching her drawn lines become load-bearing walls, the revolutionary discovering that liberation cannot be read but must be lived—the moment an idea, however elegant, ceases to be a thought and becomes a deed through our own imperfect, choosing bodies.
Etymology
Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).
noun
- The practical application of any branch of learning.
- The deliberate action of a rational being.
- The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
- Custom or established practice.
- An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
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