apraxia

From Ancient Greek ἀπραξία (apraxía, “inaction”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ πρᾶξις (prâxis, “activity”) +‎ -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix).

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɹæksɪə/

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apraxia (usually uncountable, plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning.
2. (philosophy) The state of total inaction caused by holding global skepticism.
   • 2020 June 9, Kelly Arenson, The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN:

     But how does the skeptic live without knowledge or at least belief? It seems that the skeptical challenges, though theoretically unimpeachable, have objectionable practical consequences. Call this the apraxia problem for skepticism.

• dyspraxia

• praxis
• avolition

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “apraxia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• Hyphenation: a‧pra‧xi‧a

apraxia f (plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) apraxia (disorder of motor planning)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπραξία (apraxía).

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɾaɡsja/ [aˈpɾaɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -aɡsja
• Syllabification: a‧pra‧xia

apraxia f (plural apraxias)

1. (neurology) apraxia

• “apraxia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024