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Meaning of 'praxis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Praxis [ n.]
- Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object.
- An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.

Meaning of 'praxis' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . praxis [ n]
Meaning (1):
- translating an idea into action
Example in sentence:
  • a hard theory to put into practice;
  • differences between theory and praxis of communism

Nearby Words:

praam practic practicability practicable practical practicality practicalize practically practicalness practice

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  • Parapraxis
    Parapraxis refers to apparent mistakes of behaviour like forgetting familiar names or slips of the tongue; known as Freudian slips in psychoanalytic thought.

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